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The Red Hand

01 January 1991

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The Red Hand
libdoc November=1993

Author: Bruce, Steve
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992
Keywords: UDA UVF IRA RUC INLA IPLO NATIONAL FRONT UCA THATCHER

Contents:
Introduction; Researching a Grey World
Ulster and the First Ulster Volunteer Force
From Civil Rights to Civil Strife
Vigilantes and the Ulster Defence Association
Paramilitaries and Politicians; The 1974 Strike
The Men in Black
Friends and Relations
Murdering Gangsters
Security Forces and Terrorists
Terrorists and Political Innovation
The End of the Ulster Defence Association
The Nature of Pro-State Terrorism

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