The Phoney Peace, May 1967–March 1968

The eruption of violence in Londonderry on 5 October 1968 effectively began ‘The Troubles’, which continued until the first IRA cease-fire of September 1994. Yet during the previous 18 months, despite the warnings, internal and external, outlined in the previous chapter, the British government appeared less concerned with events in the province than at any other time since Labour came to power, pledged to reform, in October 1964. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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