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Crimes of Loyalty: A History of the UDA
Ian Wood
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Description for Crimes of Loyalty: A History of the UDA
Hardback. Ian S. Wood uses his specialist knowledge as well as extensive interviews to recount the events of Ireland's Troubles and the ruthless war waged by the UDA on the nationalist community. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 770.
Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles and racketeering are what for many define their image of the Ulster Defence Association. Yet as Northern Ireland's Troubles worsened in 1971 and 1972, it emerged with a mass membership to defend Loyalist areas against the IRA and to uphold the Union with Britain. By 1974 it was able to defy the will of an elected government and it went on to formulate political strategies for working-class Loyalism. Ian S. Wood uses his specialist knowledge as well as extensive interviews to recount these events and the ruthless war waged by the UDA on the ... Read more
Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles and racketeering are what for many define their image of the Ulster Defence Association. Yet as Northern Ireland's Troubles worsened in 1971 and 1972, it emerged with a mass membership to defend Loyalist areas against the IRA and to uphold the Union with Britain. By 1974 it was able to defy the will of an elected government and it went on to formulate political strategies for working-class Loyalism. Ian S. Wood uses his specialist knowledge as well as extensive interviews to recount these events and the ruthless war waged by the UDA on the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624263
SKU
V9780748624263
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About Ian Wood
Ian S. Wood has previously been a lecturer in History at Napier University, Edinburgh and also taught part-time for the Open University. For many years he has been a regular contributor to the press on the conflict in Northern Ireland. His most recent book was Britain, Ireland and the Second World War (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). He is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Crimes of Loyalty: A History of the UDA
A blockbuster new book on the UDA. Ian Wood's book Crimes of Loyalty: A History of the UDA, fully captures, from a Protestant perspective, the final deterioration of Irish politics and its slide towards full-blown ethnic hatred from 1969 onwards.
Neil Mackay The book makes an outstanding contribution to one of the greatest challenges currently faced by the United ... Read more
Neil Mackay The book makes an outstanding contribution to one of the greatest challenges currently faced by the United ... Read more