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Author McGovern, Mark, 1963- author.

Title Counterinsurgency and collusion in Northern Ireland / Mark McGovern
Published London : Pluto Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (237 pages)
Contents Introduction : what is collusion? -- 1. British counterinsurgency and the roots of collusion -- 2. Northern Ireland and the roots of collusion -- 3. An intelligence war -- 4. Arming loyalism -- 5. Shooting to kill : targeting Republican combatants -- 6. Stopping Sinn Fein : collusion as political force -- 7. Instilling fear : targeting Republican families and communities -- Conclusion : collusion, truth and justice
Summary An analysis of UK state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries as an aspect of British military counterinsurgency during the Troubles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Counterinsurgency -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Paramilitary forces -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland.
Counterinsurgency
Paramilitary forces
Violence
SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092558
Subject Northern Ireland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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