Irish Political Prisoners 1960-2000 - Braiding Rage and Sorrow

List of contents

Introduction 1. A Chronicle of Choices: 1966-72 2. Cherished Bondage: Republican Paramilitaries 3. Broken Faith: Loyalist Paramilitaries 4. Internment: The First Phase 5. Degradation, Ill-treatment and Torture 6. Tar Baby: Internment under Direct Rule 7. A New Battlefield 8. Loyalist Prisoners and Internees 9. In English Prisons 10. The English Hunger Strikes 11. Life in a Cold Climate 12. State Security and Irish Prisons 1969-1990 13. Subversives: Riots, Hunger Strikes and Escapes 14. The Pope’s Divisions 15. Years of Protest 16. Possibilities of Transfiguration 17. Analogues

Summary

This is a comprehensive, detailed and humane account of the thousands who came into custody during the years of the Northern Ireland conflict and how they lived out the months, years and decades in Irish and English maximum security prisons. It is an essential resource for students and scholars of Irish history and Irish political prisoners.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Mcconville, Seán McConville, Sean (Queen Mary Mcconville
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2022
• EAN: 9780367697143
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69714-3
• No. of pages: 1050
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Political oppression & persecution, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General