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From Civil Rights to Armalites : Derry and the Birth of the Irish Troubles /

From Civil Rights to Armalites traces and analyses the escalation of conflict in Northern Ireland from the first civil rights marches to the verge of full-scale civil war in 1972, focusing on the city of Derry. It explains how a peaceful civil rights campaign gave way to increasing violence, how the...

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Main Author: Dochartaigh, Niall Ó. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:Second Edition.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
British Politics.
Conflict Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.
Peace.
Political science.
Sociology.
Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
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Summary:From Civil Rights to Armalites traces and analyses the escalation of conflict in Northern Ireland from the first civil rights marches to the verge of full-scale civil war in 1972, focusing on the city of Derry. It explains how a peaceful civil rights campaign gave way to increasing violence, how the IRA became a major political force and how the British army became a major party to the conflict. It provides the essential context for understanding the events of Bloody Sunday and a new chapter brings significant new material to the public debate around the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 332 pages)
ISBN:9780230006041
DOI:10.1057/9780230006041