| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 274 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Preface and Overview; Introduction; 1 The Ulster Volunteer Force and O'Neill; 1965-66: The UVF and the UPV; 1966-69: Civil rights to civil war; 1969: The end of O'Neill; 1970: The Red Hand Commando; 1972: Reorganisation of the UVF; Conclusion; 2 Manipulation, Acquiescence and Awakening; 50 years of misrule; Radicalism and reaction; Manipulation and acquiescence; The awakening and the split; Conclusion; 3 The Prison Experience and Loyalist Politics; The Long Kesh university; Gusty Spence |
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Spence UniversityEngagement; The Camp Council; The Downtown Office scheme; Conclusion; 4 The Emerging Light: Political Loyalism, 1973-75; Introduction; The rise of politics; 'Enlightened Ulstermen'; The demise of the VPP; Conclusion; 5 Darkness at the End of the Tunnel: The Failure of Politics; Provisional Republicanism; Protestant attitudes and the Protestant working class; British policies: Criminalisation, Ulsterisation, marginalisation; Unionism and Loyalism; The 'red scare'; TARA and MI5; Conclusion; 6 The Light in the Darkness: Political Loyalism, 1975-77; Politics of compromise |
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The Spence Oration 12 July 1977Remembrance Day speech 1977; Conclusion; 7 Sharing Responsibility: 1977-87; Sharing responsibility, 1985; The Anglo-Irish Accord; War or peace? Conflict or conference?; The Unionist Task Force; Conclusion; Conclusion: The Lost Opportunity; Notes; Bibliography; Secondary sources; Primary sources; Index |
| Summary |
Unique in-depth investigation into working-class Loyalism in Northern Ireland as represented by the UVF and RHC and their political allies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| In |
Academic Library |
| Subject |
Allegiance -- Northern Ireland
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Loyalty.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Allegiance
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Loyalty
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092560
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| Subject |
Northern Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849648066 |
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1849648069 |
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1849648077 |
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9781849648073 |
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