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From Civil Rights to Armalites

Derry and the Birth of the Irish Troubles

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  1. Niall Ó Dochartaigh

    1. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Civil Rights: October 1968–July 1969

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    Pages 17-61

  4. Unionist Collapse and Adaptation: January 1969–June 1970

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    Pages 62-97

  5. Free Derry: August–October 1969

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    Pages 98-133

  6. The British Army: August 1969–April 1970

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    Pages 134-161

  7. Republican Revival: August 1969–August 1970

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    Pages 162-198

  8. Reform and Repression: August 1970–July 1971

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    Pages 199-229

  9. On to a New Plane: After July 1971

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    Pages 230-268

  10. Bloody Sunday in Context

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    Pages 269-289

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 290-301

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 302-332
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About this book

From Civil Rights to Armalites traces and analyses the escalation of conflict in Northern Ireland from the first civil rights marches to the verge of full-scale civil war in 1972, focusing on the city of Derry. It explains how a peaceful civil rights campaign gave way to increasing violence, how the IRA became a major political force and how the British army became a major party to the conflict. It provides the essential context for understanding the events of Bloody Sunday and a new chapter brings significant new material to the public debate around the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

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Reviews of Previous Edition:

'...it offers a vivid portrayal, vibrating with contemporary relevance... Stylistically, this reads more like a work of investigative journalism than an academic treatise... a splendid, lively, sharp account.' - Eamonn McCann, Sunday Tribune

'..written in a manner that is both scholarly and accessible to the general reader...manages to be balanced without ever concealing the author's evident passion for the city and its people. This really is a superb piece of work.' - Colin Coulter, Bullán: An Irish Studies Journal

'...excellent book. What takes centre stage in this account is not the grand operas of high politics or totalising ideologies, but the popular airs of community, family and friendship networks, of local political activity and goals and the local experience of confrontation and conflict...It is this focus...that makes From Civil Rights to Armalites such a compelling read.' - Mark McGovern, Irish Political Studies

'It is rare indeed...to find a book about Derry which provides meticulously detailed nationalist and loyalist histories of the period 1968-1972, which is true to events - and yet is still gripping reading.' - Derry Journal

Authors and Affiliations

  • National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Niall Ó Dochartaigh

About the author

NIALL Ó. DOCHARTAIGH is a Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He worked previously for INCORE, the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity of the UN University and the University of Ulster. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the University of Southern California and is the author of the Internet Research Handbook.

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