The Gun in Politics: Analysis of Irish Political Conflict, 1916-86Routledge, 12. srp 2017. - Broj stranica: 280 Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance—lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice. The gun, certainly in this century, has played a prominent part. In The Gun in Politics, J. Bowyer Bell presents the story of one Ireland—the Ireland of the Troubles—and about an approach to understanding political violence. In particular, he examines the Irish Republic Army, the longest-enduring unsuccessful revolutionary organization. He de-scribes the covert world of gunmen and the great game they play in the street. His is a lively, telling account of sophisticated weapons transfer, of the impact of civil war on society, and of appropriate democratic responses to terrorism. Bell's association with active Republicans, his endless tea seminars at the United Irishman, drinks at Hennessy's, and constant conversation throughout Ireland on political matters over a period of twenty years has provided the author with unique background for this guide to a fascinating, though brutal, undercurrent of Irish history. |
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The IRA Past as Prologue | |
Arms and the Volunteer | |
The Thompson Submachine Gun in Ireland | |
Sophisticated Weapons and Revolutionary Options | |
Patterns Probes Wars and Warriors | |
Societal Patterns and Lessons | |
The Secret Army 1969 | |
Old Myths Old Realities and Alien Perspectives | |
The Escalation of Insurgency 196971 | |
Strategy Tactics and Terror 196974 | |
The Legitimacy of Violent Dissent | |
Revolts Against the British Crown | |
An Irish Template | |
Democracy and Armed Conspiracy 192277 | |
Ireland and the Spanish Civil War 193639 | |
194045 | |
The Shadow of the Gunman 1969 | |
Nets and Oceans | |
New Surveys New Problems | |
1972 | |
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The Gun in Politics: An Analysis of Irish Political Conflict, 1916-1986 J. Bowyer Bell Ograničeni pregled - 1987 |
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