Counterinsurgency and collusion in northern ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGovern, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Counterinsurgency.

Paramilitary forces--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Paramilitary forces.

Violence--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Violence.

History.

Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.

Northern Ireland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : PLUTO Press, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction: What is Collusion? p. 1

Collusion and Mid-Ulster p. 1

What is Collusion? p. 3

Loyalism, Counterinsurgency and Collusion p. 4

1 British Counterinsurgency and the Roots of Collusion p. 7

Collusion and British Counterinsurgency p. 7

What is Counterinsurgency? p. 9

Small Wars and Imperial Policing p. 11

The Rule of Law and 'Counter-Gangs' p. 16

2 Northern Ireland and the Roots of Collusion p. 21

McGurk's Bar and the MRF p. 21

Revolution, 'Reprisal' and Partition p. 22

Policing the State p. 24

Collusion, Bombings and Sectarian Killings p. 28

Eliminating Enemies p. 31

3 An Intelligence War p. 36

Phases of Counterinsurgency p. 36

Counterinsurgency, Informers and Policing p. 38

Handling Informers, Changing the Rules p. 40

Intelligence 'Leaks' p. 42

The FRU and Brian Nelson p. 43

Agents, Informers and a Void of Law p. 45

Informers, Collusion and Deniability p. 48

Covering Up Collusion p. 51

The Liberal Ideology of Collusion p. 53

4 Arming Loyalism p. 57

Providing Weapons p. 57

Arms, Ulster Resistance and the Mid-Ulster UVF p. 59

Seizures, Police 'Failures' and Loyalism Rearmed p. 61

5 Shooting to Kill: Targeting Republican Combatants p. 66

War and Mid-Ulster p. 66

'Set-Piece' Operations and Shooting to Kill p. 67

'Set-Piece' Shoot-to-Kill and Mid-Ulster p. 74

Collusion and the Case of Gerard Casey p. 78

Shootings at the Battery Bar p. 83

Killings in Cappagh p. 87

6 Stopping Sinn Fein: Collusion as Political Force p. 96

Targeting Sinn Fein p. 96

Endgame Politics p. 98

Local, Personal and Political p. 102

Targeting John Davey p. 104

The Killing of Bernard O'Hagan p. 107

The Shootings of Tommy Casey and Sean Anderson p. 110

The Killing of Patrick Shanaghan p. 114

The Killings of Tommy Donaghy and Malachy Carey p. 119

The Shooting of Danny Cassidy p. 123

Collusion and the Case of Eddie Fullerton p. 124

7 Instilling Fear: Targeting Republican Families and Communities p. 128

'See No Evil' and 'Breakfast Table' Collusion p. 128

Wars of Attrition p. 131

The Shooting of Phelim McNally p. 135

The Killing of Frank Hughes p. 138

Killings in the Moy p. 142

The Killing of Charlie and Teresa Fox p. 147

The Castlerock Massacre p. 151

The Killing of Roseann Mallon p. 155

Conclusion: Collusion, Truth and Justice p. 161

Dealing With the Past p. 161

Investigating Collusion p. 164

Postscript: What Proves Collusion? p. 168.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

0745338984

9780745338989

0745338992

9780745338996

OCLC:

1057377616