The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939/1940 /Joseph McKenna.
McKenna, Joseph.
The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939/1940 /Joseph McKenna. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The campaign is launched -- More bombs -- The railway bombs -- Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act -- Coventry, 25 August -- The arrest and trial of the Coventry bombers -- Sentence and appeal -- The end of the campaign -- The Irish response to the campaign -- Release, repatriation and reflection -- Appendices: I. The "S" plan -- II. Persons convicted in Great Britain in connection with the IRA campaign during 1939/1940 -- III. Expulsion orders under the Prevention of Violence Act 1939.
"This account describes how initial attacks on economic targets turned into a series of terror bombings causing the deaths of seven innocent people. The author covers the political situation in Ireland prior to the attacks, recruiting and training of the bombers, the bombing campaign and the trial of two men for the murder of five people in Coventry"--
9781476623726
Irish Republican Army--History--20th century.
Bombings--History--England--20th century.
Bombings--History--England--Coventry--20th century.
Political violence--History--England--20th century.
Victims of terrorism--History--England--Coventry--20th century.
Bombers (Terrorists)--History--Ireland--20th century.
Trials (Terrorism)--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Electronic Books.
DA963 / .I733 2016
The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939/1940 /Joseph McKenna. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The campaign is launched -- More bombs -- The railway bombs -- Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act -- Coventry, 25 August -- The arrest and trial of the Coventry bombers -- Sentence and appeal -- The end of the campaign -- The Irish response to the campaign -- Release, repatriation and reflection -- Appendices: I. The "S" plan -- II. Persons convicted in Great Britain in connection with the IRA campaign during 1939/1940 -- III. Expulsion orders under the Prevention of Violence Act 1939.
"This account describes how initial attacks on economic targets turned into a series of terror bombings causing the deaths of seven innocent people. The author covers the political situation in Ireland prior to the attacks, recruiting and training of the bombers, the bombing campaign and the trial of two men for the murder of five people in Coventry"--
9781476623726
Irish Republican Army--History--20th century.
Bombings--History--England--20th century.
Bombings--History--England--Coventry--20th century.
Political violence--History--England--20th century.
Victims of terrorism--History--England--Coventry--20th century.
Bombers (Terrorists)--History--Ireland--20th century.
Trials (Terrorism)--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Electronic Books.
DA963 / .I733 2016