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The Year of Chaos - Northern Ireland on the Brink of Civil War, 1971-72 (Hardcover, Main)
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The Year of Chaos - Northern Ireland on the Brink of Civil War, 1971-72 (Hardcover, Main)
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'Frank and incisive - an insightful look at the most tumultuous
period of the Troubles.' Ian Cobain 'This is the Belfast I grew up
in. Malachi writes from first-hand experience and brings back
memories that will always resonate with those who lived in those
times.' Eamonn Holmes In the eleven months between August 1971 and
July 1972, Northern Ireland experienced its worst year of violence.
No future year of the Troubles experienced such death and
destruction. The 'year of chaos' began with the introduction of
internment of IRA suspects without trial, which created huge
disaffection in the Catholic communities and provoked an escalation
of violence. This led to the British government taking full control
of Northern Ireland and negotiating directly with the IRA
leadership. Operation Motorman, the invasion of barricaded no-go
areas in Belfast and Derry, then dampened down the violence a year
later. During this whole period, Malachi O'Doherty was a young
reporter in Belfast, working in the city and returning home at
night to a no-go area behind the barricades where the streets were
patrolled by armed IRA men. Drawing on interviews, personal
recollections and archival research, O'Doherty takes readers on a
journey through the events of that terrible year - from the
devastation of Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday to the talks between
leaders that failed to break the deadlock - which, he argues,
should serve as a stark reminder of how political and military
miscalculation can lead a country to the brink of civil war.
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