TY - BOOK AU - McKenna,Joseph TI - The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939/1940 /Joseph McKenna SN - 9781476623726 AV - DA963 .I733 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - Irish Republican Army KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Bombings KW - England KW - Coventry KW - Political violence KW - Victims of terrorism KW - Bombers (Terrorists) KW - Ireland KW - Trials (Terrorism) KW - Great Britain KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - "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"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1174507&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -