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The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939/1940 /Joseph McKenna.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476623726
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA963 .I733 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Scope and content: "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"--
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"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"--

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.

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