A Weapon in the Struggle? Loyalist Paramilitarism and the Politics of Auto/biography in Contemporary Northern Ireland
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posted on 2016-07-20, 11:07authored byStephen Hopkins
This chapter is predicated on the belief that Northern Ireland’s perceived movement towards a ‘post-conflict’ environment has given fresh impetus to the long-established tradition of political auto/biography associated with the historical development of Anglo-Irish relations. Many protagonists or ex-protagonists of the ‘Troubles’ now feel the time is ripe to tell their ‘stories’ to a wider public, to explain their motivations and to try and shape the debate over the rights and wrongs of the conflict. [Taken from opening paragraph]
History
Citation
Hopkins, S, A Weapon in the Struggle? Loyalist Paramilitarism and the Politics of Auto/biography in Contemporary Northern Ireland, ed. Busteed, M;Neal, F;Tonge, J, 'Irish Protestant Identities', Manchester University Press, 2008, pp. 319-333
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Politics and International Relations