The IRA and armed struggle / Rogelio Alonso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alonso, Rogelio.

Series:

Cass series on political violence

Political violence

Standardized Title:

Matar por Irlanda. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Irish Republican Army--History.

Irish Republican Army.

Political violence--Ireland--History--20th century.

Political violence.

History, Military.

Guerrilla warfare.

History.

Ireland.

Guerrilla warfare--Ireland--History--20th century.

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland--History, Military.

Ireland--History, Military.

Physical Description:

vii, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

Based on extensive interviews with former a existing members of the IRA, and a thorough analysis of primary and secondary sources, this book breaks major new ground in the understanding of the IRA and the Northern Ireland peace process. The book also provides a rigorous evaluation of the personal and political consequences of the group's terrorist campaign. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, with insights from political science, social psychology and history, Rogelio Alonso explains how the IRA came to end its long campaign without achieving its main political objectives. The book analyses the motivations of IRA activists, and questions the efficacy of armed struggle by seeking to answer the question faced by many armed revolutionary movements: 'Was the war worth it?'

Most of the literature on Northern Ireland to date has failed to assess the political effectiveness of IRA terrorism. This factor must be examined properly if the yearned-for resolution of the conflict is to become a reality. This book analyses this vital issue through unprecedented access to the men and women behind the IRA's campaign of violence. The IRA and Armed Struggle offers a provocative and new approach to understanding the IRA. It will be essential reading for students of Irish politics, the Northern Ireland Peace Process, and terrorism and political violence in general.

Contents:

Apprenticeship

Defenders?

The captive mind

Hunger for power

Losers

Winners?

Notes:

Translation of Matar por Irlanda.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.

ISBN:

0415396107

9780415396103

0415396115

9780415396110

OCLC:

70267118