02894nam 22005052 450 991015896080332120170711110605.01-78138-374-X(CKB)3710000000871394(MiAaPQ)EBC4779093(UkCbUP)CR9781781383742(EXLCZ)99371000000087139420170307d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTartan gangs and paramilitaries the loyalist backlash /Gareth Mulvenna[electronic resource]Liverpool :Liverpool University Press,2016.1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).1-78138-325-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.<i>Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries</i> is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of Belfast in 1971 and 1972 many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' converged with fledgling paramilitary groups such as the Red Hand Commando, Ulster Volunteer Force and Young Citizen Volunteers. This fresh account focuses on the manner in which the loyalist community in Belfast reacted to an increasingly vicious Provisional IRA campaign and explores the violent role that young loyalist men played in the period from 1970 - 1975. Through the use of unique one-on-one interviews former members of Tartan gangs and loyalist paramilitaries explain what motivated them to cross the Rubicon from gang activity to paramilitaries. The book utilises a wide range of sources such as newspaper articles, loyalist newssheets, coroners' inquest reports and government memorandums to provide the context for a dynamic new study of the emergence of loyalist paramilitarism.<br>TartansNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryParamilitary forcesNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryGroup identityNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryUnionism (Irish politics)History20th centuryPolitical violenceNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryNorthern IrelandPolitics and government1969-1994Northern IrelandHistory1968-1998TartansHistoryParamilitary forcesHistoryGroup identityHistoryUnionism (Irish politics)HistoryPolitical violenceHistory941.60824Mulvenna Gareth1980-1207955UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910158960803321Tartan gangs and paramilitaries2786840UNINA