Testimony to Courage
The outbreak of The Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1968 found many of the local police and army auxiliary units outmoded or discredited. A new and unique force of part-time soldiers was created: The Ulster Defence Regiment. A Testimony to Courage vividly describes the threat under which not just the soldiers but their families also had to live, and records the murders of some of the 197 members killed as a result of terrorist attack. It addresses how the Regiment became mainly Protestant as a result of the loss of Nationalist support and recruits, and the constant criticism of the Irish Government and Nationalist politicians. A final chapter…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78337-984-2
- EAN: 9781783379842
- Produktnummer: 22581740
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 340 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'220 KB
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