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Violent Politics

Strategies of Internal Conflict

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  • © 2002

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  1. Michael Addison
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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Violence and Politics: The Search for Meaning

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 1-28

  3. The Search for Theory

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 29-51

  4. The Search for Strategy

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 52-73

  5. Politics: Northern Ireland 1968–98

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 74-81

  6. Violence: Northern Ireland 1968–1998

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 82-112

  7. Crime: Northern Ireland 1968–78

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 113-131

  8. Countermeasures: Criminal Law

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 132-144

  9. Countermeasures: Political Crime

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 145-149

  10. Countermeasures: Internal War

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 150-163

  11. Countermeasures Outside the Law

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 164-169

  12. Conclusions and Consequences

    • Michael Addison
    Pages 170-180

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 181-244
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About this book

Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the results of the countermeasures used. The conclusions are disturbing. The recommendations are controversial, but difficult to escape.

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Violent Politics is an important addition to the literature on the challenges faced by governments in responding to terrorism and civil unrest. The book is noteworthy for its clarity, trenchant analysis and clear exegesis of both theory and empirical evidence. Addison's first-hand experience as a soldier in Northern Ireland enriches the book immeasurably and provides an invaluable perspective that is too often missing from other academic treatments of this subject.' - Bruce Hoffman, Director of the RAND Washington Office

About the author

BRIGADIER MICHAEL ADDISON worked in a variety of fields: military, diplomatic, medical and academic. As a soldier, he witnessed violent conflict in Northern Ireland, Borneo and Cyprus. Later, as a senior associate member of St. Anthony's College, Oxford, he sought to make sense of his military experiences. Violent Politics, the outcome of his research, was completed shortly before his death in September 2000.

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