The arms crisis of 1970 : the plot that never was
Heney, Michael2021
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Total copies: 2
This title provides a serious, revisionist history of the most notorious court case in postwar Irish history. In 1970, two cabinet ministers and their alleged accomplices were accused of smuggling arms to self-defence groups in Northern Ireland and were put on trial. Many of these groups were associated with the then-nascent Provisional IRA. It was also suggested that these ministers favoured the invasion of Catholic areas along the border in order to protect the northern minority and provoke an international incident that might draw in the United Nations. All this took place against a background of sectarian violence and chaos: during and after August 1969, Catholic families were being driven out of Belfast and other towns and fleeing south, and whole streets were burned out.
Main title:
The arms crisis of 1970 : the plot that never was / Michael Heney.
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Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2021.
Collation:
448 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781789545609 (pbk)1789545609 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.131 HEN364.131
LC class:
HV6254
Language:
English
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BRN:
377287