DEWAR, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL,[RGJ], MICHAEL:: The British Army in Northern Ireland

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DEWAR, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL,[RGJ], MICHAEL: : The British Army in Northern Ireland

LONDON.ARMS AND ARMOUR PRESS,1985.

ISBN 1854092928.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. 8vo,270pp includes appendices,an index,b/w illus,maps. In 1969,British soldiers were ordered into the streets of riot-torn Belfast, their task to form a disciplined human buffer between two warring communities inspired by centuries-old fear and hatred. They had seen such scenes before, and had been stoned,shouted at and fired upon from both sides - during the British 'retreat from Empire' in the preceeding two decades. As the conflict escalated, so the peace-keeping role became increasingly dangerous: bricks were followed by petrol bombs,snipers' bullets,mortar bombs,mines and even rockets.Civilians died; so too did soldiers.Between the two communities stands the British soldier,carrying on with a job that few armies are trained to handle. A compelling study of military intervention in civil affairs,told by a serving soldier.The battle is as much to win hearts and minds as it is to defeat the IRA terrorists:Civil rights and communal violence,1967-70 the background, the civil rights movement and the outbreak of communal violence.The worst years 1971-76 - the IRA offensive and interment, height of the bloodshed 1972,power of the Loyalists,sectarian violence and the peace movement,and the bandit country of South Armagh. Reorganization for a long war,1977-85 - a change in tactics,the equilibrium of 1981/ 83.Military conclusions and the future. Throughout the story the author describes the tactics,methods and equipment evolved by the Army to meet the ever-changing challenge of the IRA,their sympathizers and their opponents - from howling mobs and decoy children to car bombs and mobile mortars.Accounts of specific incidents as experienced by some of the regiments that have served 'tours' in the province, including the Paras,the Green Jackets,the Royal Artillery and the Royal Marines, convey vividly the feel of being out on patrol in Belfast and Londonderry. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through he order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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