Belfast Battalion: A History of the Belfast I.R.A., 1922-1969, Paperback/John O'Neill

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Description What do we really know about the background to the conflict that began in Ireland in the late 1960s? Up to now little has been written about the I. R.A. in one of the key centres of violence, Belfast, in the decades before 1969. For the first time, this book brings together several years of research to create a detailed history of the Belfast I. R.A. from the 1920s up to the start of the more recent conflict. It addresses key questions such as: Who was in the I. R.A. in Belfast from 1922 to 1969? Who decided on I. R.A. strategy and tactics in the city?Where did it get money, weapons and intelligence?What do we know of its activities?What were the circumstances preceding the rapid increase in size of the Belfast I. R.A. in the early 1970s?Using previously unpublished I. R.A. documents, memoirs, interviews and contemporary accounts, Belfast Battalion explores the rise and fall of political initiatives, the various military campaigns, fatalities, propaganda, prison experiences, punishments, the I. R.A.