The IRA 1956-69 : Rethinking the Republic.

The IRA 1956-69 : Rethinking the Republic.

While there have been many books written about the IRA since 1916, comparatively little attention has been paid to the organisation during the 1960s, 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 re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Treacy, Matt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Irish Republican Army > History.
Sinn Fein > History.
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Since 1900
Geschichte 1956-1969.
Republicanism > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Political violence > Northern Ireland > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
Politics and government
Political violence
Republicanism
Ireland > Politics and government > 1949-
Northern Ireland > History > 20th century.
Ireland
Northern Ireland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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; Index.

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