Another Bloody Chapter in an Endless Civil War Volume 1

Northen Ireland and the Troubles 1984-87

Ken Wharton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

376 Seiten

2016
Helion & Company (Verlag)
978-1-911096-27-6 (ISBN)

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The period under review covers the years of 1984-87 - nearing the end of the third decade of the Troubles. It will use research and oral contributions from the mid to late 1980s and will show not only how the Provisional IRA (PIRA) grew in financial and logistical strength, but also how the Security Forces (SF) worked hard to contain them. It was also a period where the Republican terror group fully embraced Danny Morrison's mantra: 'The Armalite and the ballot box' as they moved toward a realisation that the British military could not be beaten, but that they (PIRA) could at least sit down with them from a position of strength. Thereafter, their intention was not only political agitation, but also to keep up the terror campaign and force the British Government to talk; further to ensure that they - the British - accepted that there could only be an impasse (albeit one of continued violence). However, whilst they fought, talked and then fought again, a further 356 people died. This book will cover every major incident of the period - commencing with the ambush of an off-duty UDR soldier, Robert Elliott, through to the shameless bombing of Enniskillen. Significantly, both incidents were at the hands of the Provisional IRA. It will also look at the continued negative interference of the United States and the vast contribution of the Brit-hating Irish-Americans through NORAID, which ensured the killing and the violence would continue.

Ken Wharton is now in his mid-60s. He is a former soldier turned writer who lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland. A former football referee and a veteran of 500 skydives, he is chronicling the Troubles and takes as his standpoint the position of the Security Forces and the innocent civilians - and refuses to allow Sinn Fein/IRA to rewrite history.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	over 50 b/w photos
Verlagsort	Solihull
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-911096-27-3 / 1911096273
ISBN-13	978-1-911096-27-6 / 9781911096276
Zustand	Neuware