- Description
- 214 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This title looks at the IRA border campaign 1956-1962 through personal recollections, photographs and information previously unpublished. It provides valuable insights into Irish society in the 1950s, both politically and socially.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209) and index.
- Contents
- Putting the gun back into Irish politics -- Northern diversions - electoral successes and Saor Uladh -- Operation harvest - old wine in new bottles -- The balloon goes up - 12 December 1956 -- Digging in for the long haul -- The patriot game? Brookeborough, 1 January 1957 -- The fools, the fools, they have left us our Fenian dead -- The backlash begins -- Running out of options - 1958 and 1959 -- A new decade dawns - 1960 and 1961 -- The curtain falls - exit stage left.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-1278
- ISBN
- 9781848890169 (hbk.)
- 1848890168 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2009675378
- OCLC
- 427612659
- Author
Flynn, Barry.
- Title
Soldiers of folly : the IRA border campaign 1956-1962 / Barry Flynn.
- Imprint
Cork [Ireland] : Collins, 2009.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209) and index.
- Research Call Number
JFD 10-1278