UVF: Behind the Mask

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Merrion Press, 1 de des. 2017 - 400 pàgines

UVF: Behind the Mask is the gripping new history of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its post-1965 incarnation to the present day. Aaron Edwards blends rigorous research with unprecedented access to leading members of the UVF to unearth the startling inner-workings of one of the world’s oldest and most ruthless paramilitary groups.

Through interviews with high-profile UVF leaders, such as Billy Mitchell, David Ervine, Billy Wright, Billy Hutchinson and Gary Haggarty, as well as their loyalist rivals including Johnny Adair, Edwards reveals the grisly details behind their sadistic torture and murder techniques and their litany of high-profile atrocities: McGurk’s Bar, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Miami Showband massacre and the Shankill Butchers’ serial-killing spree, amongst others. Edwards’ life and career has led him to the centre of the UVF’s long, dark underbelly; in this defining work he offers a comprehensive and authoritative study of an armed group that continues to play a pivotal role in Northern Irish society.

 

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Continguts

Authors Note
Dramatis Personae
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Prologue The Two Billys
The Bishop
Hell Slap it into Them
At the Bottom of the Well
Compromise or Conflict
The Kitchen Cabinet
In the Hands of Philistines
Their only Crime was Loyalty
An Intense and Loyal Following
Youre Either With Us or Against Us
Family in a Sicilian Sense

Liquidating the Enemy
The Beginning of the
Talking and Killing
Regimental Loyalty
The Shankill and its Butchers
That Bastard Murphy
9
A Million Miles from Home
An Atmosphere of Pure History
Decommissioning the Mindsets
The Praetorian Guard
Epilogue The Sealed Knot
Endnotes
Abbreviations
UVF Structure
Index
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (2017)

Aaron Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolUVF: Behind the Mask
AutorAaron Edwards
EditorMerrion Press, 2017
ISBN1785371061, 9781785371066
Nre. de pàgines400 pàgines
  
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