The provisional Irish Republican Army and the morality of terrorism / Timothy Shanahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanahan, Timothy, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Provisional IRA--History.

Provisional IRA.

Terrorism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Terrorism.

Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first detailed philosophical examination of the morality of the IRA's violent campaign and of the British government's attempts to end it. Written in clear accessible prose it is essential reading for scholars and students who wish to acquire a deeper understanding of one of the paradigmatic conflicts of the late 20th century.

Contents:

The meaning of August 1969: calibrating the standard Republican narrative

Blood sacrifice and destiny: republican metaphysics and the IRA's armed struggle

Republicanism's Holy Grail: 'one nation united, Gaelic and free'

Permission to kill: just war theory and the IRA's armed struggle

'Pointless heartbreak unrepaid': consequentialism and the IRA's armed struggle

Violating the inviolable: human rights and the IRA's armed struggle

'Crime is crime is crime': British counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland

'When the law makers are the law breakers': state terrorism.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-241) and index.

ISBN:

9786612059063

0-7486-5288-4

1-282-05906-8

0-7486-3531-9

OCLC:

437107543