Red Hand Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland

Name: Red Hand Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
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ISBN: 9780192159618

ISBN-10: 0192159615

ISBN-13: 9780192159618

Edition: 1992

Authors: Steve Bruce

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Since the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, working-class Protestants have used violence and terror as much as their Catholic counterparts. Yet despite being responsible for half the civilian casualties of the current conflict and having subverted numerous political initiatives, such loyalist paramilitary organizations as the Ulster Defence Association, the Ulster Volunteer Force, and the Red Hand Commando have been little studied by scholars. Based on extensive interviews, this is the first comprehensive study of loyalist terrorism. Exploring the history and the aims of the various groups, Professor Bruce examines claims of security force collusion with the loyalists and the…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.81" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

List of Abbreviations, with Glossary
Introduction: Researching a Grey World	p. 1
Ulster and the First Ulster Volunteer Force	p. 7
From Civil Rights to Civil Strife	p. 33
Vigilantes and the Ulster Defence Association	p. 46
Paramilitaries and Politicians: The 1974 Strike	p. 78
The Men in Black	p. 109
Friends and Relations	p. 149
Murdering Gangsters	p. 173
Security Forces and Terrorists	p. 199
Terrorists and Political Innovation	p. 226
The End of the Ulster Defence Association?	p. 245
The Nature of Pro-State Terrorism	p. 268
Statistical Appendix	p. 293
Select Bibliography	p. 299
Index	p. 307
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