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Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance-lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice. The gun, certainly in this century, has played a prominent part. In The Gun in Politics, J. Bowyer Bell presents the story of one Ireland-the Ireland of the Troubles-and about an approach to understanding political violence. In particular, he examines the Irish Republic Army, the longest-enduring unsuccessful revolutionary organization. He de-scribes the covert world of gunmen and the great game they play in the street.His is a lively, telling account of sophisticated weapons transfer, of the impact of civil war on society, and of appropriate democratic responses to terrorism. Bell's association with active Republicans, his endless tea seminars at the United Irishman, drinks at Hennessy's, and constant conversation throughout Ireland on political matters over a period of twenty years has provided the author with unique background for this guide to a fascinating, though brutal, undercurrent of Irish history.

The Secret Army is the definitive work on the Irish Republican Army. It is an absorbing account of a movement that has had a profound effect on the shaping of the modern Irish state. The secret army in the service of the invisible Republic has had a powerful effect on Irish events over the past twenty-five years. These hidden corridors of power interest Bell and inspired him to spend more time with the IRA than many volunteers spend in it. This book is the culmination of twenty-five years of work and tens of thousands of hours of interviews. Bell's unique access to the leadership of the republican movement and his contacts with all involved-British politicians, Irish politicians, policemen, arms smugglers, and others committed or opposed to the IRA-explain why The Secret Army is the book on the subject. This edition represents a complete revision and includes vast quantities of new information.Bell's book gives us vital insight into our times as well as Irish history. This edition of The Secret Army contains six new chapters that bring the history of this clandestine organization up to date. They are: The First Decade, The Nature of the Long War, 1979-1980"; "Unconventional Conflict, The Hunger Strikes, January 1980-October 3, 1981"; The Protracted Struggle, September 1981-January 1984"; "War, Politics, and the Split, January 1984-December 1986"; The Troubles as Institution, 1987-1990" and The Armed Struggle Transformed, 1991-1996, The End Game." In his new introduction, Bell reflects on his decades of research, the experiences he has had, and the people he has met during his extensive visits to Ireland.

For centuries international order has been troubled by small wars, insurrections, and revolts--low intensity conflicts

The Secret Army is the definitive work on the Irish Republican Army

The dynamite bombing of the King David Hotel, the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo, and Count Bernardotte in Palestine were but a few acts of terror which forced the British out of the Middle East. This bookevaluates whether these acts were extremist or necessary, and whether these men and women were fanatics or freedom fighters.

Cheating and deception are terms often used but rarely defined

J. Bowyer Bell's Beseiged is built on the premise that as long as men have constructed walls, other men have tried to scale them

Assassination as a political act has a long history, predating the murder of Julius Caesar and continuing into our own time

The essence of Ascent of the Mountain, Flight of the Dove remains intact: its vision of religious studies as sustained refl ection on our lifelong voyage to discover who we are

Discusses the risks and possibilities of human freedom. This book shows how liberation of the religious spirit from trivial, closed, and simplistic systems of thought can only be achieved through the development of a critical language, exercises, and disciplines that open rather than close the mind.

A story of seven great modern sieges: Madrid in the Spanish Civil War; London, Warsaw, Singapore and Stalingrad in World War II; Berlin during the Post World War II Airlift; and Jerusalem under Arab attack from four sides in 1947. The author describes in detail the actual battles involved, demonstrating the universality of sieges and siegecraft.

Assassination as a political act has a long history. Combining existing historical evidence with years of personal interviews with terrorists in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, the author writes about contemporary political murder from the perspective of one who has studied the subject of political violence for decades.

Cheating and deception are terms often used but rarely defined

"We fight, therefore we are. This revision of Cartesian wisdom was enunciated by the late premier of Israel, Menachim Begin.

This work combines analysis with historical examples drawn from America's involvement with armed struggle in Lebanon, Central America, Greece, and Vietnam. The author argues that American policy was flawed in each instance by lack of empathy and historical understanding.

The Dynamics of the Armed Struggle is an authoritative and provocative analysis of the nature of one of the time's most prevalent forms of political violence.

The focus of this study is on the workings of an organization involved in armed struggle, and is based on thousands of interviews over 35 years.