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The Chosen Fews: Exploding Myths in South Armagh - Couverture souple

MacDonald, Darach

 
9781856353298: The Chosen Fews: Exploding Myths in South Armagh
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 185635329X ISBN 13 : 9781856353298
Editeur : The Mercier Press, 2000

Synopsis

In the early 1970s, Britain's then Northern Secretary Merlyn Rees disdainfully dubbed South Armagh "Bandit Country". The name stuck. Crossmaglen, a town with a peaceful past, was transformed into the most infamous "killing field" for British soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland. The British army presence in the town's fortress, known locally as "the Alamo", is regarded as crucial to security operations but was based on false premises and rash promises that the area would be brought into line. In this book, the author aims to set the record straight. The people of South Armagh are neither bandits nor gangsters and it is not a lawless peace. The book aims to evoke another south Armagh, far from the stereotype of "bandit country".

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Éditeur
The Mercier Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
185635329X
ISBN 13 
9781856353298
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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