Provos: Ira And Sinn Fein
Peter Taylor
384 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0747538182
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1998
20th CenturyBritish LiteratureCrimeHistoryIrelandIrish LiteratureNonfictionPoliticsReligionWar
This work examines the Provos, from 1969, when the IRA was effectively dead and buried, to within a few short years, when it had resurrected to become the most feared and sophisticated terrorist organization in the world. The book is based on in-depth interviews with key personalities in the Army, Police, British and Irish governments, giving first-hand accounts of the key events. Based on the author’s television series on the IRA, this book traces the group’s history and relationship with Sinn Fein.