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The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939-1940 / Joseph McKenna.

Title: The IRA bombing campaign against Britain, 1939-1940 / Joseph McKenna.
Author: McKenna, Joseph
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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viii, 207 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This account describes how initial attacks on economic targets turned into a series of terror bombings causing the deaths of seven innocent people. The author covers the political situation in Ireland prior to the attacks, recruiting and training of the bombers, the bombing campaign and the trial of two men for the murder of five people in Coventry"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

The campaign is launched -- More bombs -- The railway bombs -- Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act -- Coventry, 25 August -- The arrest and trial of the Coventry bombers -- Sentence and appeal -- The end of the campaign -- The Irish response to the campaign -- Release, repatriation and reflection -- Appendices: I. The "S" plan -- II. Persons convicted in Great Britain in connection with the IRA campaign during 1939/1940 -- III. Expulsion orders under the Prevention of Violence Act 1939.

ISBN

9781476662589
1476662584

LCCN

^^2016000167

OCLC

934382987

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Harvard Library