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Book SynopsisA IRA hunger striker imagines the future of Irish Republicanism
Trade Review'One of those 'must read' books for anyone interested either in the struggle within Northern Ireland itself or in the overall relationship between England and Ireland' -- Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press and author of The I.R.A (1970; 2000).
'If we had to choose one person who served in the ranks of the IRA to contextualise the organisation's development from revolution to reform it would be Tommy McKearney' -- Anthony McIntyre, former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner
'A reminder, whether agreeing with the arguments presented or otherwise, of the need for debate concerning the past, the present and the future' -- Pete Shirlow, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: From Orange State to Sectarian State
1. Police Batons Answer Demand for Civil Rights
2. Unionist Determination to Deny Democracy
3. The Violent Storms of August ’69
4. Widespread Conflict Looms
5. An Emerging Force
6. Training People for Insurrection?
7. Attempting to Quell the Insurgency by Bloodshed and Blandishment
8. Republicanism in Ireland and its Relationship to Class
9. Political and Military Strategy of the Provisional IRA
10. The War in England
11. Britain’s Response
12. Reviewing Strategy in the Mid-1970s
13. The Gradual Adoption of Parliamentarianism
14. Options and Opportunities
15. The Road Less Travelled: The Left Alternative
16. Parliamentary Sinn Fein, Surrender and Re-grant
17. From Armalites to Populist Conformity
18. General Election Upset in South
19. The End of a journey
20. A New Republic and a Relevant Republicanism
Notes
Index
