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Counterinsurgency and Collusion in Northern Ireland

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von: Mark McGovern
31,99 €
Verlag:	Pluto Press
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	20.03.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9781786804365
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	256

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Titelbeschreibung

Collusion by British state forces in killings perpetrated by loyalist paramilitaries was a dubious hallmark of the 'dirty war' in the north of Ireland. Now, more than twenty years since the Good Friday Agreement, the story of collusion remains one of the most enduring and contentious legacies of the conflict, a shadow that trails British counterinsurgency to this day.
 
 Here Mark McGovern turns back the clock to the late 1980s and early '90s - the 'endgame' of the Troubles, and a period defined by a rash of state-sanctioned paramilitary killings. Drawing on previously unpublished evidence, and original testimony from victims' families and eyewitnesses, he examines several dozen killings of republicans that took place in the Mid-Ulster area, and the impact on their families and communities.
 
 Placing these accounts within a wider critical analysis of the nature of British counterinsurgency and the state use of agents and informers, McGovern paints a damning picture of covert, deniable and unlawful violence.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

An analysis of UK state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries as an aspect of British military counterinsurgency during the Troubles.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: What is Collusion? Collusion and Mid-Ulster What is Collusion? Loyalism, Counterinsurgency and Collusion 1. British Counterinsurgency and the Roots of Collusion Collusion and British Counterinsurgency What is Counterinsurgency? Small Wars and Imperial Policing The Rule of Law and ‘Counter-Gangs’ 2. Northern Ireland and the Roots of Collusion McGurk’s Bar and the MRF Revolution, ‘Reprisal’ and Partition Policing the State Collusion, Bombings and Sectarian Killings Eliminating Enemies 3. An Intelligence War Phases of Counterinsurgency Counterinsurgency, Informers and Policing Handling Informers, Changing the Rules Intelligence ‘Leaks’ The FRU and Brian Nelson Agents, Informers and a Void of Law Informers, Collusion and Deniability Covering Up Collusion The Liberal Ideology of Collusion 4. Arming Loyalism Providing Weapons Arms, Ulster Resistance and the Mid-Ulster UVF Seizures, Police ‘Failures’ and Loyalism Rearmed 5. Shooting to Kill: Targeting Republican Combatants War and Mid-Ulster ‘Set-Piece’ Operations and Shooting to Kill ‘Set-Piece’ Shoot-to-Kill and Mid-Ulster Collusion and the Case of Gerard Casey Shootings at the Battery Bar Killings in Cappagh 6. Stopping Sinn Fein: Collusion as Political Force Targeting Sinn Fein Endgame Politics Local, Personal and Political Targeting John Davey The Killing of Bernard O’Hagan The Shootings of Tommy Casey and Sean Anderson The Killing of Patrick Shanaghan The Killings of Tommy Donaghy and Malachy Carey The Shooting of Danny Cassidy Collusion and the Case of Eddie Fullerton 7. Instilling Fear: Targeting Republican Families and Communities ‘See No Evil’ and ‘Breakfast Table’ Collusion Wars of Attrition The Shooting of Phelim McNally The Killing of Frank Hughes Killings in the Moy The Killing of Charlie and Teresa Fox The Castlerock Massacre The Killing of Roseann Mallon Conclusion: Collusion, Truth and Justice Dealing With the Past Investigating Collusion Postscript: What Proves Collusion? Notes Further Reading Index