The Provisional IRA : from insurrection to Parliament /
Tommy McKearney.
- London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- xii, 236 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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.
Terrorism--History--Northern Ireland--20th century. Violence--History.--Ireland Sinn Féin (Partido Político)--Historia--Irlanda.
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1969-1994. Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1994- Irlanda del Norte--Historia (+). Irlanda del Norte--Política y gobierno--1969-1994. Irlanda del Norte--Política y gobierno--1994-