'Cork justice travelled a long way': the assassination of District Inspector Oswald Swanzy; 1. From moderates to militants: the unionist community in east Ulster; 2. Reprisal: the east Ulster riots; 3. 'A vital but unenviable task': understanding loyalist violence; 4. A Protestant force: the social composition of the B Specials; 5. The wilder the better? Explaining the violence of the Ulster Special Constabulary; 6. A misunderstood minority: Irish nationalists; Conclusion
Summary
Reassesses the context in which the state of Northern Ireland was created
