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Armed Struggle

The History of the IRA

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Armed Struggle

By: Richard English
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanced examination now - at the end of its long war in the north of Ireland - than it was even a few years ago.

Richard English's brilliant audiobook offers a detailed history of the IRA, providing invaluable historical depth to our understanding of the modern-day Provisionals, the more militant wing formed in 1969 dedicated to the removal of the British Government from Northern Ireland and the reunification of Ireland. English examines the dramatic events of the Easter Rising in 1916 and the bitter guerrilla war of 1919-21, the partitioning of Ireland in the 1920s, and the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Here, too, are the IRA campaigns in Northern Ireland and Britain from the 1930s through the 1960s. He shows how the Provisionals were born out of the turbulence generated by the 1960s civil rights movement, and examines the escalating violence that introduced British troops to the streets of Northern Ireland. He also examines the split in the IRA that produced the Provisionals, the introduction of internment in 1971, and the tragedy of Bloody Sunday in 1972.

©2003, 2004, 2012 Richard English (P)2020 Tantor Ireland Europe War Northern Ireland
Scholarly Depth • Comprehensive History • Excellent Narration • Thoughtful Analysis • Evenhanded Approach

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Good overview of the personal cost of the conflict for all parties. Some times difficult to follow while driving because it immediately goes into abbreviations without any reminders of what the abbreviations stand for.

Good over view of all sides

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I have a knack for Ireland's struggle so this book didn't disappoint.. Connected by this and other books to better grasp the past and it's message

Well narrated.... good from beginning to end...

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A dense, scholarly, seemingly very fair history. The narrator did a great job, especially with pronouncing some of the more intimidating names and phrases in the book. A chore to get through at times, but very informative and definitely worth the effort if you're interested in a scholarly history of the IRA.

Dense, but worth it

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Roger Clark narration of this very studious and in depth book on Northern Ireland including players in the IRA, loyalists, and Great Britain is an excellent read.

A deep dive into “The Troubles”

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This was excellent, however, I did get lost at times due to the depth of details. I will have to listen again.

I loved the objectivity

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