Times of Troubles: Britain's War in Northern Ireland

by Andrew Sanders and Ian S. Wood

Book Overview

When do 'troubles', riots and insurgency become war? How does a liberal state respond to an internal war within its own borders? How does it define the rules of engagement for its armed forces? These questions, amongst others, faced the British government in 1969, when it decided to send the British Army to the streets of Northern Ireland.This is the first academic study of the British Army in Northern Ireland, featuring Scottish, Welsh, Irish and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748646558
• ISBN13: 9780748646555
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"