Anatomy of a killing : life and death on a divided island
Cobain, Ian, 1960-2020
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The untold story of an IRA unit, and a killing that has echoed across the decades On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning journalist Ian Cobain documents the hours leading up to the killing, and the months and years of violence, attrition and rebellion surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with those most closely involved, as well as court files, police notes, military intelligence reports, IRA strategy papers, memoirs and government records, this is a unique perspective on the Troubles, and a revelatory work of investigative journalism.
Main title:
Author:
Cobain, Ian, 1960-, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2020.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781846276408 (hbk)
Dewey class:
322.420941609047322.4209
LC class:
HV6295.G72
Language:
English
Subject:
Provisional IRAAssassination -- Northern Ireland -- Lisburn -- Case studiesPolitical violence -- Northern Ireland -- Case studiesPolitics & governmentReportage & collected journalismEuropean historyTerrorism, armed struggleUnited Kingdom, Great BritainIrelandc 1970 to c 1979c 1980 to c 1989News media & journalismMedia studies: Journalism20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998Politics and Government
BRN:
391619