The IRA 1956-69 Rethinking the Republic.
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1956-62 armed campaign and the reorganisation of the IRA; 2. The ideology of traditional republicanism; 3. Abstentionism and the growth of internal divisions; 4. The Wolfe Tone Society and the Communists; 5. The year 1966 and the revival of the IRA 'threat'; 6. Towards the National Liberation Front; 7. The Northern crisis and the split; Epilogue; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index.
While there have been many books written about the IRA since 1916, comparatively little attention has been paid to the organisation during the 1960s, despite the fact that the internal divisions culminating in the 1969 split are often seen as key to the conflict which erupted that year. This book rederesses that vacuum and through an exhaustive survey of internal and official sources, as well as interviews with key IRA members, provides a unique and fascinating insight into radical Republican politics which will be of interest to those interested in Irish history and politics. The author looks a.
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