Counterinsurgency And Collusion In Northern Ireland

Author : Mark McGovern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786804365
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counterinsurgency and Collusion in Northern Ireland written by Mark McGovern and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of UK state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries as an aspect of British military counterinsurgency during the Troubles.

Author : Mark McGovern
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780745338996
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counterinsurgency and Collusion in Northern Ireland written by Mark McGovern and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of UK state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries as an aspect of British military counterinsurgency during the Troubles.

Author : Maurice Punch
Publisher : Pluto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780745331478
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles written by Maurice Punch and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period in Northern Ireland known as "the Troubles" (1968-98) seemed to have been conclusively ended by the official peace process. But recent assassinations by the Real IRA show that tensions from the past remain unresolved. State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles reveals disturbing unanswered questions about the use of state violence during this period. Maurice Punch documents in chilling detail how the British government turned to desperate, illegal measures in a time of crisis, disregarding domestic and international law. He broadens out his analysis to consider other cases of state violence against "insurgent groups" in Spain and South Africa.This is the story of how the British state collaborated with violent groups and directly participated in illegal violence. It also raises urgent questions about why states around the world continue to deploy such violence rather than seeking durable political settlements.

Author : Thomas H Henriksen
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781079011210
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Really Happened in Northern Ireland's Counterinsurgency written by Thomas H Henriksen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Henriksen's selection of Northern Ireland provides a rich case study of a hotly contested space that represents an ethnic and religious conflict set in Western Europe. He provides an excellent, short, historical background to frame his analysis. Understanding the historical antecedents of an insurgency is a critical element in any case study because insurgencies are local, not global events. International issues may influence what occurs in an insurgency, but locals rise up in rebellion for their personal grievances or desires.

Author : Joint Special Operation University
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781502835338
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Really Happened in Northern Ireland's Counterinsurgency Revision and Revelation written by Joint Special Operation University and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current conflicts facing the United States and its allies around the world have brought the discussion of counterinsurgency to the forefront of security studies and international politics. Dr. Thomas Henriksen's monograph on Northern Ireland wades into the discussion regarding good historical case studies that can best provide insight into our current situation. There is a predilection for scholars and professional military officers to look at a limited number of case studies, such as Malaya and Vietnam, to seek insights about counterinsurgency prowess and ways to improve today's fighting forces.Dr. Henriksen's selection of Northern Ireland provides a rich case study of a hotly contested space that represents an ethnic and religious conflict set in Western Europe. He provides an excellent, short, historical background to frame his analysis. Understanding the historical antecedents of an insurgency is a critical element in any case study because insurgencies are local, not global events. International issues may influence what occurs in an insurgency, but locals rise up in rebellion for their personal grievances or desires.As you read the monograph, I strongly encourage you to consider the case study through the prism of a “whole of government” approach to dealing with insurgency. Counterinsurgency is a long-term process that, especially in a democracy, requires widespread, sustained political support from the broad elements of government. The ultimate goal of this whole of government approach is to wean the population away from supporting the insurgents. Restrained security force operations provide a secure “space” for political and economic opportunities/reforms to “steal the insurgents' thunder.” The execution of a nuanced campaign is the difficult task—that is, the devil is in the details.Is Northern Ireland a viable or valid model for today's world? It is, but the reader must be careful in drawing quick conclusions. Some underlying issues need to be addressed while using this case study, and the key one is the role of the United Kingdom's government. In other words, the U.K. is a wealthy, capable, modern, liberal democracy with a well-developed state system and civil society. In today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the local states do not approach the capacity and capabilities of the United Kingdom. Is an outside power capable of playing the role of “arbiter” that the central government was able to project during the 30-year “Troubles” in Northern Ireland? How does an outside power provide the security necessary for political and economic reforms? Can a weaker state support these necessary reforms? The answers to these questions will be borne out in the coming years.

Author : Montgomery McFate
Publisher : Wilberforce Codex
ISBN 13 : 099057430X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pax Britannica: British Counterinsurgency In Northern Ireland, 1969-1982 written by Montgomery McFate and published by Wilberforce Codex. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British forces conducted operations short of war in Northern Ireland for twenty-five years, yet they were unable to defeat the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). In this heretofore unpublished dissertation from 1994, McFate identifies how certain cultural, legal, and political factors contributed to the longevity of violence in Northern Ireland. Viewing counterinsurgency as a self-reproducing cultural system with its own complex logic, McFate argues that limitations on violence prescribed by the counterinsurgency principle of minimum force paradoxically resulted in a very high degree of sustainability of conflict. Certain other factors—such as emergency security legislation, reverence of military competence, and geo-strategic compression of violence within a cordon sanitaire—enabled normalization and reproduction of the conflict. In opposition to this order, the 1981 Republican hungerstrikes used the silence of the body to incriminate the state, 'embodying' a resistance to the war system of counterinsurgency.

Author : Anne Cadwallader
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1781172374
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland written by Anne Cadwallader and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '. . . a well-written piece of investigative journalism that asks some deeply troubling questions . . .' - NY Journal of Books 'Cadwallader has written a brave, powerful and forensically detailed book about a shameful and denied aspect of our conflict's history.' - The Irish Times. 'Anne Cadwallader's remarkable book focusses on collusion in the British security forces (the RUC, the British Army, and the UDR) in the mid-Ulster "Murder Triangle". Over 120 people were killed by a loyalist gang operating in mid-Ulster and Cadwallader has created a convincing argument that collusion with certain elements of the security forces was crucial in the committing of these crimes and the lack of proper investigation into many of these crimes' - The Dublin Reader Farmers, shopkeepers, publicans and businessmen were slaughtered in a bloody decade of bombings and shootings in the counties of Tyrone and Armagh in the 1970s. Four families each lost three relatives; in other cases, children were left orphaned after both parents were murdered. For years, there were claims that loyalists were helped and guided by the RUC and Ulster Defence Regiment members. But, until now, there was no proof. Drawing on 15 years of research, and using forensic and ballistic information never before published, this book includes official documents showing that the highest in the land knew of the collusion and names those whose fingers were on the trigger and who detonated the bombs. It draws on previously unpublished reports written by the PSNI's own Historical Enquiries Team. It also includes heartbreaking interviews with the bereaved families whose lives were shattered by this cold and calculated campaign.

Author : Graham Ellison
Publisher : Pluto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780745313931
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crowned Harp written by Graham Ellison and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2000-05-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Baghdad Bulletin takes us where mainstream news accounts do not go. Disrupting the easy cliches that dominate US journalism, Enders blows away the media fog of war.' Norman Soloman

Author : Tony Geraghty
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801864568
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish War written by Tony Geraghty and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military veteran and historian Geraghty draws on public and covert sources to reveal the sinister patterns of action and reaction in the hidden conflict in Northern Ireland between the IRA and British Intelligence in the late 1960s. 28 photos.

Author : Thomas Leahy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487505
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Intelligence War against the IRA written by Thomas Leahy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Leahy investigates whether informers, Special Forces and other British intelligence operations forced the IRA into peace in the 1990s.