The RUC Special Branch : how effective was it at defeating an insurgency?

The thesis examines inconsistences in the portrayal of how Northern Ireland's conflict was brought to an end. Primarily it points out that, missing from this explanation is the significance of the security element and with it, the difficulty in countering a modern insurgency (the Provisionals)....

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Main Author: Matchett, William R.
Published: Ulster University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628538