LEADER 02739nam 22004573u 450 001 9910787726103321 005 20210302022117.0 010 $a1-280-10603-4 010 $a0-203-44514-7 010 $a1-134-71396-7 010 $a0-585-44748-9 010 $a1-134-71397-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000519428 035 $a(EBL)178637 035 $a(OCoLC)57039345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178637 035 $a(PPN)198451652 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000519428 100 $a20140217d2002|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aFighting for Ireland?$b[electronic resource] $eThe Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-09161-6 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface to the paperback edition; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; developing a strategic approach to the Irish republican movement; The Irish republican military mind; the evolution of a strategic tradition; Transitions in Irish republican strategy; the development of the military instrument from the Easter rising to the civil war; Political control versus the autonomous military instrument; Irish republican strategy from the civil war to the 1970's; The military ascendancy; the Provisional IRA on the offensive, 1970 1972 327 $aThe erosion of Provisional IRA strategy, 1972 1977 The evolution of PIRA's total strategy, 1977 1983; A continuing military enigma; the contradictory dynamics of the total strategy, 1983 1990; Ending the isolation? Ending the violence?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aFighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This new, updated paperback edition is essential reading for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives behind IRA violence. M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension the movement has... 606 $aInsurgency 607 $aIreland$xHistory, Military 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xHistory, Military 615 4$aInsurgency. 676 $a941.60824 700 $aSmith$b M.L.R$0596425 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787726103321 996 $aFighting for Ireland$93724467 997 $aUNINA