From the first symptoms of serious unrest - the Divis Street riots of 1964 - to the tortuous political manoeuvrings culminating in the 2003 Assembly elections, the book traces the reality of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.It details the motivation behind the IRA armed struggle, the Civil Rights movement, the murder campaigns of various loyalist terror groups, the major incidents of violence and the response of the British security forces and the justice system.It describes what it was like to live with bombs, army searches in the dead of night, death threats to politicians, activists and others. A detailed account of the political and personal toll of the Northern Ireland conflict.
Seán MacDíarmada moved in the shadows, ultra-cautious about what he committed to paper, aware that his letters could be intercepted by the police. Because of this, history has not allocated MacDíarmada the prominent role he deserves in the organisation of the Easter Rising.This book gives Sean MacDiarmada his proper place in history. It outlines his substantial role in the detailed planning of the Rising, which led to him signing the Proclamation of the Irish Republic: second only to Tom Clarke.
El Sin Féinn ("Nosotros solos" o "Nosotros mismos" en irlandés) es sin duda uno de los movimientos políticos más controvertidos de la historia europea. La suya es la historia de un partido que ha desepeñado un papel protagonista en uno de los conflictos politicos y sociales de mayor duracion en Europa, mas de cien años, y que durante todo este tiempo ha mantenido a la comunidad internacional en estado de permanente tension y alerta.
BRADLEY SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE IRAThe IRA was Gerry Bradleys life. His sole interest was in ops carrying out on-the-ground war. Inspired, initially, to defend his home place against Loyalist threats, he became one of the most senior operators in Belfast IRA. When things turned political, there seemed to be no place for his kind of activism.THE INSIDE STORY BY A SENIOR IRA MAN