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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
1972 was the bloodiest year of an already bloody conflict played out on the streets of Northern Ireland. For more than twelve months the country was rocked by the atrocities of Bloody Friday and the Claudy bombing, civilian casualties mounted, and the soldiers of the British Army were caught between the factions. One hundred and sixty-nine servicemen died that year, their deaths unnoticed at home except by their loved ones, fighting a forgotten war on British soil. In The Bloodiest Year, Ken Wharton, a former soldier who did two tours of Northern Ireland, tells the story of the worst year of the Troubles through the accounts of the men who patrolled the streets of Belfast and Londonderry, who saw their comrades die and walked with death themselves. He examines almost every single death during that year, and names the men behind the violence, many of whom now hold high office in the country they tried to so hard to break apart. |
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System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland.
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Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- Derry -- History -- 20th century.
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Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972 -- Personal narratives.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Wharton, Ken M. Bloodiest year 1972. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Spellmount, 2011. 9780752459066 (DLC)2011459360 |
| Standard No. |
9780752472980 |
| ISBN |
9780752472980 (e-pub) |
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