03594nam 2200817 a 450 991079191510332120230120074618.01-78170-006-01-84779-417-310.7765/9781847794178(CKB)2560000000085858(EBL)1069729(OCoLC)818847544(SSID)ssj0000712791(PQKBManifestationID)12280897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712791(PQKBWorkID)10651508(PQKB)11414725(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085757(OCoLC)1132668570(MdBmJHUP)muse77986(Au-PeEL)EBL1069729(CaPaEBR)ebr10627231(CaONFJC)MIL843564(Au-PeEL)EBL1926067(OCoLC)932346575(MiAaPQ)EBC1069729(MiAaPQ)EBC1926067(DE-B1597)659050(DE-B1597)9781847794178(EXLCZ)99256000000008585820111003d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe IRA 1956-69[electronic resource] rethinking the Republic /Matt TreacyManchester Manchester University Press ;New York distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-9120-9 0-7190-8472-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-203) and index.Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1956-62 armed campaign and the reorganisation of the IRA; 2. The ideology of traditional republicanism; 3. Abstentionism and the growth of internal divisions; 4. The Wolfe Tone Society and the Communists; 5. The year 1966 and the revival of the IRA 'threat'; 6. Towards the National Liberation Front; 7. The Northern crisis and the split; Epilogue; Glossary; Select bibliography; IndexWhile there have been many books written about the IRA since 1916, comparatively little attention has been paid to the organisation during the 1960's, despite the fact that the internal divisions culminating in the 1969 split are often seen as key to the conflict which erupted that year. This book rederesses that vacuum and through an exhaustive survey of internal and official sources, as well as interviews with key IRA members, provides a unique and fascinating insight into radical Republican politics which will be of interest to those interested in Irish history and politics. The author looks a...RepublicanismIrelandHistory20th centuryPolitical violenceNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryIrelandPolitics and government1949-Northern IrelandHistory20th century1969.Irish Republican Army.Troubles.armed struggle.conflict.electoral participation.internal divisions.politics.revolutionary movement.socialism.RepublicanismHistoryPolitical violenceHistory322.4209415Treacy Matt1544443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791915103321The IRA 1956-693798661UNINA