100 Years of Irish Republican Violence: 1916-2016

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-367-07474-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

At Easter of 1916 an armed insurrection, launched by paramilitary republicans, took place in Ireland. When the General Post Office in Dublin was seized on Easter Monday, the rebels declared a free Irish Republic, independent from Great Britain. In the century that has passed since the Easter Rising, each generation of Irish republicans has mounted their own paramilitary campaign to bring about an independent united Ireland, from the War of Independence, to The Troubles, and right up to the modern-day dissident republican violence.

By bringing together a range of researchers, from across a variety of academic disciplines, this edited volume analyses the one hundred years of Irish republican violence from 1916 to 2016. The assembled authors assess the evolution of paramilitary violence through a variety of themes, including the IRA from 1919-21, the case of ‘the Disappeared’, the relationship between counterterrorism killings and Provisional IRA bombings, and the analysis of modern-day violent dissident republican statements. Bringing the volume to a close are two long-form interviews with two key actors within the Troubles, Danny Morrison and Billy Hutchinson. In these interviews they discuss their own perspective on one hundred years of Irish republican paramilitary violence. This book was originally published as a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morrison, John

Gill, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 100 Years of Irish Republican Violence 1. Ferocious Times: The IRA, the RIC, and Britain’s Failure in 1919-1921 2. "The Last of the Mohicans?" The IRA’s "Operation Harvest" in an International Context 3. Victims of Irish Republican Paramilitary Violence – The Case of "The Disappeared" 4. Counterterrorism Killings and Provisional IRA Bombings, 1970-1998 5. Shadowboxing in the Dark: Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism in Northern Ireland 6. Terrorist Skin, Peace-Party Mask: The Political Communication Strategy of Sinn Féin and the PIRA 7. Mainstream Revolutionaries: Sinn Féin as a "Normal" Political Party? 8. "Us" and "Them": Ulster Loyalist Perspectives on the IRA and Irish Republicanism 9. Reloading the Armalite? Victims and Targets of Violent Dissident Irish Republicanism, 2007-2015 10. Fighting Talk: The Statements of "The IRA/New IRA" Interviews 11. An Interview with Danny Morrison 12. An Interview with Billy Hutchinson

Über Autor(innen)

John Morrison is a senior lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London, UK. He is the author of Origins and Rise of Dissident Irish Republicanism (2013).

Paul Gill is a senior lecturer in Security and Crime Science at University College London, UK. He is the author of Lone Actor Terrorists (2015).