Hunger strike : Margaret Thatcher's battle with the IRA, 1980-1981 /

The hunger strikes of 1980-81 were a confrontation between British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the iron will of Irish republican prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, in an attempt to break the British policy of criminalising paramilitary prisoners. The prisoners' ultimate demand, to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hennessey, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2014.
Temas:
Thatcher, Margaret.
Thatcher, Margaret
1900-1999
Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981.
Hunger strikes > Northern Ireland > History > 20th century.
Political prisoners > Northern Ireland > History > 20th century.
Grève de la faim, Irlande du Nord, 1981.
Grèves de la faim > Irlande du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prisonniers politiques > Irlande du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Hunger strikes
Political prisoners
Politics and government
Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 1968-1998.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997.
Irlande du Nord > Politique et gouvernement > 1968-1998.
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contours of Conflict: The Prisons, 1972--79
  • Mrs Thatcher's Northern Ireland Policy
  • The First Hunger Strike Begins
  • The Collapse of the First Hunger Strike
  • Stand-Off
  • The Second Hunger Strike Begins
  • Digging In
  • Persuading the British
  • Deal or No Deal?
  • A Final Push
  • A War of Attrition
  • The End.

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