LEADER 02933oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910786143903321 005 20121109153746.0 010 $a979-84-00-67243-9 010 $a979-82-16-10481-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400672439 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331073 035 $a(EBL)1115302 035 $a(OCoLC)809940797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821301 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12314408 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821301 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10871465 035 $a(PQKB)11036491 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1115302 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10649960 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1115302 035 $a(OCoLC)749872848 035 $a(DLC)ABC0313387044 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331073 100 $a20120613e20122023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe IRA$b[electronic resource] $ethe Irish Republican Army /$fJames Dingley 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cPraeger,$d2012. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 225 1 $aPSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-38704-4 311 $a0-313-38703-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index. 327 $aThe philosophy and theology of Irish Republicanism -- An history of Irish Ireland and the emergence of the IRA -- The IRA, 1916 to 1923 -- From IRA to PIRA and the "troubles" -- Strategy and tactics -- Weapons and targets -- Organization and structure -- Prison, Sinn Fein, and finance. 330 $aThe IRA: The Irish Republican Army begins by examining the historical background to the development of the IRA, the group's basic ideology, and its aims and objectives. The second part of the book concentrates on the IRA-specifically the Provisional IRA-as a contemporary phenomenon, explaining its organization, how it operates, who joins the IRA, and why. The book explores how the IRA was formed from a Romantic reaction against modernity, and is an expression of a vehement rejection of the liberal, individualist, and scientific values of the Enlightenment. The IRA's attachment to vi 410 0$aPSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups. 606 $aPolitical violence$zIreland 606 $aPolitical violence$zNorthern Ireland 607 $aIreland$xPolitics and government 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a322.4/209415 700 $aDingley$b James$0610253 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786143903321 996 $aThe IRA$93715371 997 $aUNINA