Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh
by Toby Harnden
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History. Nonfiction. A NEW EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON THE TROUBLES Branded as 'Bandit Country' by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas 'Slab' Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers. In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell Prize, show more brings to bear his skills as a fearless journalist, inspired investigator and gifted historian, threatened with imprisonment for protecting his sources in Northern Ireland but undeterred. He draws on secret documents and unsparing interviews with key protagonists on both sides to produce perhaps the most compelling and essential account of the IRA and the Troubles. show lessTags
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An extensive, well-researched, and fascinating history of the IRA in South Armagh, Northern Ireland. Toby Harnden details the violent history of the region - which includes a tradition of government resistance and expertise in cross-border smuggling. South Armagh was the IRA's most effective unit and Harnden pulls few punches in descrbing their activities and the causes of the rise of the IRA in the area.
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