Huw Bennett: Uncivil War | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781316501832 | Uncivil War | The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975 | Bennett

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Beschreibung

When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how the British army acted to save Great Britain from disaster during the most violent phase of the Troubles but, in so doing, condemned the people of Northern Ireland to protracted, grinding conflict. Huw Bennett shows how the army's ambivalent response to loyalist violence undermined the prospects for peace and heightened Catholic distrust in the state. British strategy consistently underestimated community defence as a reason for people joining or supporting the IRA whilst senior commanders allowed the army to turn in on itself, hardening soldiers to the suffering of ordinary people. By 1975 military strategists considered the conflict unresolvable: the army could not convince Catholics or Protestants that it was there to protect them and settled instead for an unending war.

Über den Autor

Huw Bennett teaches International Relations at Cardiff University. He is the author of Fighting the Mau Mau: The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency (2012).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Baggage; 2. The army's short-lived Ulster honeymoon; 3. Escalation and the erosion of impartiality; 4. Edward Heath's bid for victory; 5. The road to Bloody Sunday; 6. The most deadly year; 7. Strategy in the shadow of loyalist power; 8. We cannot envisage peace; Conclusion; A note on sources.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781316501832
ISBN-10:	1316501833
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bennett, Huw
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Pr.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	193 x 129 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Huw Bennett
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.01.2026
Gewicht:	0,588 kg