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An Army of Tribes - British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
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An Army of Tribes - British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
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This is the first such study of Operation Banner, the British
Army's campaign in Northern Ireland. Drawing upon extensive
interviews with former soldiers, primary archival sources including
unpublished diaries and unit log-books, this book closely examines
soldiers' behaviour at the small infantry-unit level (Battalion
downwards), including the leadership, cohesion and training that
sustained, restrained and occasionally misdirected soldiers during
the most violent period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It
contends that there are aspects of wider scholarly literatures -
including from sociology, anthropology, criminology, and psychology
- that can throw new light on our understanding of the British Army
in Northern Ireland. It also offers fresh insights and analysis of
incidents involving the British Army during the early years of
Operation Banner, including the 1972 'Pitchfork murders' of Michael
Naan and Andrew Murray in County Fermanagh, and that of Warrenpoint
hotel owner Edmund Woolsey in South Armagh. The central argument of
this book is that British Army small infantry units enjoyed
considerable autonomy during the early years of Operation Banner
and could behave in a vengeful, highly aggressive or benign and
conciliatory way as their local commanders saw fit. The strain of
civil-military relations at a senior level was replicated
operationally as soldiers came to resent the limitations of waging
war in the UK. The unwillingness of the Army's senior leadership to
thoroughly investigate and punish serious transgressions of
standard operating procedures in Northern Ireland created
uncertainty among soldiers over expected behaviour and desired
outcomes. Overly aggressive groups of soldiers could also be
mistaken for high-functioning units - with negative consequences
for the Army's overall strategy in Northern Ireland.
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