O'Brien Pocket History of the IRA : From 1916 Onwards

An accessible account of the IRA from its beginnings. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven its activities, and the major personalities who have shaped the direction of the movement down through the years. as the effects of the major bombing campaigns and the 1981 hunger strikes. It also explains the radical shift in thinking which led to the IRA seeking a political way towards the goal of Irish unity rather than pursuing the entrenched Brits Out policy at the point of a gun. situation, accessible to both the tourist and the interested general reader.