Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.

Introduction: from Orange State to sectarian state / Paul Stewart -- Police batons respond to demand for civil rights -- Unionist determination to deny democracy -- The violent storms of August '69 -- Widespread conflict looms -- An emerging force -- Training people for insurrection? -- Attempting to quell the insurgency by bloodshed and blandishment -- Irish republicanism and class -- The political and military strategy of the Provisional IRA -- The war in England -- Britain's response -- Reviewing stategy in the mid-1970s -- The gradual adoption of parliamentarianism -- Options and opportunities -- The road less travelled...the left alternative -- Parliamentary Sinn Fâein, 'surrender and re-grant' -- From armalites to populist conformity -- General election upset in the South -- The end of a journey -- A new republic and a relevant republicanism.