TY  - BOOK
AU  - Treacy,Matt
TI  - The IRA 1956-69: Rethinking the Republic
SN  - 9781847794178
AV  - DA963 .I73 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Irish Republican Army
KW  - History
KW  - Sinn Fein
KW  - Geschichte 1956-1969
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1949-
KW  - Irisch-Republikanische Armee. (DE-588c)4027664-8
KW  - Northern Ireland
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Republicanism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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