Uncivil War
The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19929191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Huw Bennett (0000-0002-3325-3077, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Uncivil War (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781316479841 |
| OpenAlex | W4385487032 |
| ISBN | 9781316479841 |
| Open Library | OL57753893M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
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 the prospects for peace and heightened Catholic distrust in the state. British strategy consistently underestimated community defence as a reason for people joining or supporting the IRA whilst senior commanders allowed the army to turn in on itself, hardening soldiers to the suffering of ordinary people. By 1975 military strategists considered the conflict unresolvable: the army could not convince Catholics or Protestants that it was there to protect them and settled instead for an unending war
Ambivalence · Archaeology · Banner · Distrust · Irish · Political science · Spanish Civil War · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · 1966–1975 · Military history
Who Were the Military Reaction Force? Undercover British Army Shootings on the Streets of Belfast, 1971 to 1973
Peace by procedure
Invisible bodies of war
Militia Infiltration of the State
Petticoat patrols’
Taking the border out of politics’
Public inquiries into conflict and security
Tactical use of armed struggle”
What’s the Craic? Humour and negotiations during the Northern Ireland peace process
A Criminological–Military Enterprise
Encountering research in Northern Ireland
Making sense of state violence
| Citations per year | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |