The Secret Army: The IraThis is the definitive work on the Irish Republican Army. It is an absorbing account of a movement which has had a profound effect on the shaping of the modern Irish state. This book is the culmination of twenty-five years of work and tens of thousands of hours of interviews. |
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 16 | |
Schism Terror and Despair | 29 |
The Response to Defeat | 40 |
Perseverance on the Road | 73 |
The Devil We Dont Know | 99 |
The IRA without | 130 |
Bombs for Britain April 1938 | 145 |
1956July 1957 | 289 |
The IRA on the Defensive August | 310 |
The IRA in the Doldrums | 337 |
The North Explodes and the Army Divides | 355 |
19701972 | 373 |
The First Decade The Nature of the Long War | 449 |
Unconventional Conflict The Hunger Strikes | 479 |
The Protracted Struggle September 1981 | 514 |
Conspiracy Coercion | 168 |
The Stephen Hayes Affair | 199 |
Twilight of the Gunmen October | 215 |
The Agonizing Reconstruction | 239 |
The Great Arms Raids | 255 |
The Buildup 19541956 | 272 |
War Politics and the Split January 1984 | 548 |
The Troubles as Institution 19871990 | 579 |
The Armed Struggle Transformed 19911996 | 618 |
Sources | 663 |
Addenda 1979 | 680 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Secret Army: The Ira Sphere Library |
| Author | J. Bowyer Bell |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1412838886, 9781412838887 |
| Length | 702 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / Ireland |
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