The gun in politics : analysis of Irish Political Conflict, 1916-1986 / / J. Bowyer Bell

• Autore: Bell J. Bowyer <1931->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 pages)
• Disciplina: 941.6082
• Soggetto topico: Political violence - Ireland - History - 20th century; Firearms - Ireland - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland Politics and government 20th century; Northern Ireland Politics and government 1968-1998
• Note generali: First published 1987 by Transaction Publishers.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction: A Personal Memoir -- part Part I: The IRA Past as Prologue -- chapter 1 Arms and the Volunteer -- chapter 2 The Thompson Submachine Gun in Ireland -- chapter 3 Proliferation: Sophisticated Weapons and Revolutionary Options -- part Part II: The Irish Past as Prologue: Patterns, Probes, Wars, and Warriors -- chapter 4 Societal Patterns and Lessons -- chapter 5 Ireland and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 -- chapter 6 The Curragh: 1940-45 -- chapter 7 The Shadow of the Gunman, 1969 -- chapter 8 The Secret Army, 1969 -- part Part III: The Ulster Troubles Since 1969: Old Myths, Old Realities, and Alien Perspectives -- chapter 9 The Escalation of Insurgency, 1969-71 -- chapter 10 Strategy, Tactics, and Terror, 1969-74 -- chapter 11 Men with Guns: The Legitimacy of Violent Dissent -- chapter 12 Revolts Against the British Crown -- chapter 13 On Revolt: An Irish Template -- chapter 14 Democracy and Armed Conspiracy, 1922-77 -- chapter 15 Terrorism: Nets and Oceans -- chapter 16 Terror International: The Nature of the Threat -- chapter 17 Hostage Ireland, 1976, 1982 -- part Part IV: The Ulster Troubles: New Surveys, New Problems, and Analytical Perspectives -- chapter 18 Terrorism International: Academic Branch -- chapter 19 Contemporary Irish Archival Resources -- chapter 20 The Chroniclers of Violence in Northern Ireland: The First Wave, 1972 -- chapter 21 The Chroniclers of Violence in Northern Ireland Revisited, 1974 -- chapter 22 The Troubles as Trash: Shadows of the Irish Gunman on America.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance--lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice. The gun, certainly in this century, has played a prominent part. In The Gun in Politics, J. Bowyer Bell presents the story of one Ireland--the Ireland of the Troubles--and about an approach to understanding political violence. In particular, he examines the Irish Republic Army, the longest-enduring unsuccessful revolutionary organization. He de-scribes the covert world of gunmen and the great game they play in the street.His is a lively, telling account of sophisticated weapons transfer, of the impact of civil war on society, and of appropriate democratic responses to terrorism. Bell's association with active Republicans, his endless tea seminars at the United Irishman, drinks at Hennessy's, and constant conversation throughout Ireland on political matters over a period of twenty years has provided the author with unique background for this guide to a fascinating, though brutal, undercurrent of Irish history."--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: The gun in politics
• ISBN: 1-351-48168-1; 1-315-13240-0; 1-351-48169-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808181703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II