Anatomy of a Killing - Life and Death on a Divided Island

On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son.
In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning journalist Ian Cobain documents the hours leading up to the killing, and the months and years of violence, attrition and rebellion surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with those most closely involved, as well as court files, police notes, military intelligence reports, IRA strategy papers, memoirs and government records, this is a unique perspective on the Troubles, and a revelatory work of investigative journalism.

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Ian Cobain

Summary

The untold story of an IRA unit, and a killing that has echoed across the decades.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Cobain, Ian (Y) Cobain, Cobain Ian
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781846276422
• ISBN: 978-1-84627-642-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Ireland, Politics & government, Terrorism, armed struggle, British & Irish history, Reportage & collected journalism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Politics and government, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, Reportage, journalism or collected columns