LEADER 02894nam 22005052 450 001 9910158960803321 005 20170711110605.0 010 $a1-78138-374-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000871394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779093 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781383742 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000871394 100 $a20170307d2016|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTartan gangs and paramilitaries $ethe loyalist backlash /$fGareth Mulvenna$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017). 311 $a1-78138-325-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aTartan Gangs and Paramilitaries 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.
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