Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

by Huw Bennett

Book Overview

When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how the British army acted to save Great Britain from disaster during the most violent phase of the Troubles but, in so doing, condemned the people of Northern Ireland to protracted, grinding conflict. Huw Bennett shows how the army's ambivalent response to loyalist violence undermined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107136385
• ISBN13: 9781107136380
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"