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Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement
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Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement Hardcover - 1995

by M. L. Smith


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Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This new, updated paperback edition is essential reading for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives behind IRA violence.
M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension the movement has experienced between ideology and strategic reality regarding the use of force, illustrating how doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish Republican movement's vigorous and assertive public face Smith uncovers an organisation characterised more by a sense of chronic insecurity than by certainty and continuity.

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M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension in the movement between ideology and strategic realities regarding the use of force, revealing that doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish republican movement's vigorous and assertive public face, this study uncovers an organisation characterised more by a sense of chronic insecurity than by certainty and continuity.

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  • Title Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement
  • Author M. L. Smith
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition FIRST EDITION
  • Pages 294
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York, NY
  • Date 1995-09-07
  • ISBN 9780415091619 / 0415091616
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.42 x 1.07 in (24.13 x 16.31 x 2.72 cm)
  • Ages 18 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 13
  • Reading level 1620
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Ireland
  • Library of Congress subjects Northern Ireland - History, Military, Ireland - History, Military
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95006524
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.608
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