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The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament
Tommy McKearney
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Description for The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament
Paperback. Analyses the Provisional IRA's formation, development, and prospects for the future. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
This book analyses the underlying reasons behind the formation of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), its development, where this current in Irish republicanism is at present and its prospects for the future.
Tommy McKearney, a former IRA member who was part of the 1980 hunger strike, challenges the misconception that the Provisional IRA was only, or even wholly, about ending partition and uniting Ireland. He argues that while these objectives were always the core and headline demands of the organisation, opposition to the old Northern Ireland state was a major dynamic for the IRA's armed campaign. ... Read more
This book analyses the underlying reasons behind the formation of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), its development, where this current in Irish republicanism is at present and its prospects for the future.
Tommy McKearney, a former IRA member who was part of the 1980 hunger strike, challenges the misconception that the Provisional IRA was only, or even wholly, about ending partition and uniting Ireland. He argues that while these objectives were always the core and headline demands of the organisation, opposition to the old Northern Ireland state was a major dynamic for the IRA's armed campaign. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press London
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745330747
SKU
V9780745330747
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99-50
About Tommy McKearney
Tommy McKearney was a senior member of the Provisional IRA from the early 1970s until his arrest in 1977. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he served 16 years during which time he participated in the 1980 hunger strike in the Maze. He is now a freelance journalist and an organiser with the Independent Workers Union and the author of The Provisional ... Read more
Reviews for The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament
'One of those 'must read' books for anyone interested either in the struggle within Northern Ireland itself or in the overall relationship between England and Ireland'
Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press and author of The I.R.A (1970; 2000). 'If we had to choose one person who served in the ranks of the IRA to contextualise ... Read more
Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press and author of The I.R.A (1970; 2000). 'If we had to choose one person who served in the ranks of the IRA to contextualise ... Read more