counter insurgency, government deviance and Northern Ireland /
First Statement of Responsibility
Maurice Punch.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxiii, 229 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Paramilitary Groups; Abbreviations and Irish Gaelic Terms; Timeline; Main Non-Irish Insurgent Terrorist Groups; 1. State Crime: 'Bloody Sunday' and the Troubles; 2. State Terror and Insurgent Terrorism; 3. Roots of the Troubles: Emergency Context: Conspiracy?; 4. Security Units: Firearms Policy: Rough Justice; 5. Dirty Tricks: Intelligence, Informants and Collusion; 6. Investigations, Courts, Inquiries and Whistle-blowing; 7. End Game: State Deviance: Learning from the Past; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This is the story of how the British state collaborated with violent groups and directly participated in illegal violence. It also raises urgent questions about why states around the world continue to deploy such violence rather than seeking durable political settlements."--Page 4 of cover.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt183hmkr
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
State violence, collusion and the Troubles.
International Standard Book Number
9780745331430
PIECE
Title
Academic Library
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
State-sponsored terrorism-- Northern Ireland.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Law Enforcement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Advocacy.
Politics and government
State-sponsored terrorism.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Northern Ireland, Politics and government, 1968-1998.