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International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism.
Available at: http://www.ict.org.il/
Provides updates, articles, and documents to various groups. Under the 'International Terrorism' section choose 'Terrorist Organization Profiles'. For the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the section offers articles, updates, and attack information . For the Real IRA group the site offers information on the history, leadership, terrorist activity, and articles.
Sinn Fein.
Available at: http://sinnfein.ie/index.html
Site includes information on the Irish Republican Army and the peace process.
** For additional internet sites, refer to the General Internet Resources section at the beginning of this bibliography.
Books
After the Peace: Resistance and Reconciliation, edited by Robert L. Rothstein. Boulder, CO, L. Rienner, 1999. 265 p.
The Anglo-Irish Peace Process: Obstacles to Reconciliation.
Seeking Peace Amid the Memories of War: Learning from the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.
Book call no.: 327.172 A258
Bell, J. Bowyer. The Dynamics of the Armed Struggle. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 1998. 287 p.
See index 'Irish Republican Army', 'Ireland', etc. for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.6 B433d
Bew, Paul and Gillespie, Gordon. Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles 1968-1999. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 1999. 471 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 B572n
Bloomfield, David. Political Dialogue in Northern Ireland: The Brooke Initiative, 1989-1992. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. 209 p.
See index for specific references.
Book call no.: 320.9416 B655p
Brogan, Patrick. World Conflicts: A Comprehensive Guide to World Strife since 1945. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 1998. 682 p.
Northern Ireland, pp 413-436.
See index under 'Irish Republican Army' for additional references.
Book call no.: 909.82 B866w 1998
Coogan, Tim Pat. The IRA: A History. Niwot, CO, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1993. 510 p.
Book call no.: 941.5082 C65i
Coogan, Tim Pat. The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace. Boulder, CO, Roberts Rinehart, 1996. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 941.6 C769t
Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook 1999. Alexandria, VA, International Strategic Studies Association, 1999. 1760 p.
Ireland, pp 715-723.
United Kingdom, pp 1523-1558 (especially note section one 'History' and section nine 'Insurgency Groups').
Book call no.: R 355 D313 1999
Dillon, Martin. God and the Gun: The Church and Irish Terrorism. New York, Routledge, 1998. 244 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 D579g
Drake, C. J. M. Terrorists' Target Selection. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. 272 p.
See index under 'PIRA' and 'IRA' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.625 D761t
Elliott, Sydney and Flackes, W. D. Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-Clio, 1999, 730 p.
Chronology of Major Events, 1921-99, pp 1-144.
Provisional Irish Republican Army, pp 400-415.
Real Irish Republican Army/ 32 County Sovereignty Committee, p 417.
Republican Sinn Fein/ Continuity IRA, pp 421-422.
Book call no.: R 941.082 E46c
Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, edited by Martha Crenshaw and John Pimlott. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1997. 3 vols.
IRA: Origins and Terror to 1976, pp 577-580.
Nationalist Terror in Northern Ireland 1976-1996, 581-585.
Book call no.: R 303.625 E56 Vol.2
Facts on File, 1998. New York, Facts on File, 1998. 1 vol.
Northern Ireland Peace Plan Debated, January 22, 1998, p 33.
Sinn Fein Suspended from Talks, February 26, 1998, p 117.
Blair Calls Ulster Peace Deal Close, March 19, 1998, p 175.
Sinn Fein Reenters Ulster Talks, April 2, 1998, pp 222-223.
Northern Ireland Peace Negotiators Reach Ground-Breaking Settlements, April 16, 1998, pp 245-247.
IRA Backs Accord, Refuses to Disarm, May 7, 1998, p 311.
Voters in Northern Ireland, Irish Republic Back Peace Plan (actual vote results), May 28, 1998, p 362.
Book call no.: R 909.82 F11 1998
Facts on File, 1999. New York, Facts on File, 1999. 1 vol.
Great Britain: IRA Defector Found Slain, February 4, 1999, p 83.
Great Britain: Arms Deadlock Causes Delay, March 18, 1999, p 191.
Great Britain: Blair Offers Northern Ireland Deadline (IRA and Real IRA discussed), May 27, 1999, p 389.
Great Britain: Plan to End Ulster Deadlock Offered, July 8, 1999, pp 494-495.
Book call no.: R 909.82 F11 1999
Foreign Military Markets: NATO and Europe. Newtown, CT, Forecast International/DMS, 2000. 1 vol.
Ireland (Analysis) - report dated February 1999.
Book call no.: R 338.476234 F7143
Grosscup, Beau. The Newest Explosions of Terrorism. Far Hills, NJ, New Horizon Press, 1998. 424 p.
Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and Terrorism, pp 163-197.
Book call no.: 303.625 G878n
Hennessey, Thomas. A History of Northern Ireland 1920-1996. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1997. 347 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 H515h
Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998. 288 p.
See index under 'IRA' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.625 H699i
International Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Chicago, IL, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. 805 p.
IRA: Origins and Terror to 1976, pp 596-599.
Nationalist Terror in Northern Ireland 1976-1996, pp 600-604.
Book call no.: R 303.625 I612
Irvin, Cynthia L. Militant Nationalism: Between Movement and Party in Ireland and the Basque Country. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 281 p.
Book call no.: 320.54 I72m
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 1999. 520 p.
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), pp 223-225.
PIRA: Diary of Events, pp 481-482.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 1999 May-August
Kennedy-Pipe, Caroline. The Origins of the Present Troubles in Northern Ireland. New York, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1997. 204 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 K36o
Laffin, John. The World in Conflict: War Annual 8. London, Brassey's, 1997. 198 p.
Northern Ireland Terrorist War, pp 157-168.
Book call no.: R 355.00904 W2532 v.8 1997
Laqueur, Walter. The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. 312 p.
Terrorism Old and New: IRA and ETA, pp 32-36.
Book call no.: 363.32 L317n
Lesser, Ian O. and others. Countering the New Terrorism. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 1999. 153 p.
Force Protection: The Example of IRA Targeting of British Forces in Northern Ireland, pp 31-33.
See index under 'Irish Republican Army' for additional references.
Book call no.: 303.625 C855
McGarry, John and Brendan O'Leary. Explaining Northern Ireland: Broken Images. Cambridge, MA, Blackwell Publishers, 1995. 533 p.
See index for specific references. Appendix A offers the Joint Declaration for Peace, December 1993.
Book call no.: 941.60824 M145e
Miall, Hugh and others. Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts. Malden, MA, Blackwell, 1999. 270 p.
Ending Violent Conflict: Northern Ireland, pp 177-183.
Book call no.: 327.17 M618c
O'Brien, Brendan. The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Fein. 2nd ed. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1999. 445 p.
Book call no.: 941.5082 O13L 1999
Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999. Washington, U.S. Dept of State, April 2000. 107 p.
United Kingdom, pp 22-23.
Continuity Irish Republican Army, pp 90-91.
Irish Republican Army (IRA), p 91.
Real IRA, pp 96-97.
Also available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/1999index.html
Book call no.: R 303.625 P316 1999
Resolving Regional Conflicts. Urbana, University of Ilinois Press, 1998. 257 p.
Understanding the Irish Conflict and the Hopes for Peace, pp 43-64.
Book call no.: 327.17 R434
Smith, M. L. R. Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement. New York, Routledge, 1995. 265 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 S655f
Taylor, Peter. Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein. New York, TV Books, 1997. 431 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 T245b
Terrorism's Laboratory: The Case of Northern Ireland, edited by Alan O'Day. Brookfield, VT, Dartmouth Publishing, 1995. 255 p.
Book call no.: 303.625 T32811
White, Jonathan R. Terrorism: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998. 321 p.
Ireland and the Security Problem, pp 166-184.
The Use of Military Force Against Terrorism, pp 248-250.
Book call no.: 363.32 W585t 1998
World Conflicts and Confrontations Volume IV: Europe and the Former Soviet Republics, edited by Charles F. Bahmueller. Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press, 2000. 1 vol.
Northern Ireland, pp 873-887.
Book call no.: R 909.82 W9273 v.4
Bell, J. Bowyer. Ireland: The Long End Game. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 21, no.1:5-28 January-March 1998. The Blame Game. Economist 354:57 February 19, 2000. Boyne, Sean. INLA: The Deadly Hand of Irish Republicanism. Jane's Intelligence Review. Boyne, Sean. The Real IRA: After Omagh, What Now? Jane's Intelligence Review 10:8-11 October 1998. Britain: And Now for the Small Print. Economist 347:57-58 April 25, 1998. Britain: Where Next in Ulster? Economist 354:55-56 February 12, 2000. Bruce, Steve. Victim Selection in Ethnic Conflict: Motives and Attitudes in Irish Republicanism. Terrorism and Political Violence 9:56-71 Spring 1997. Clarity, James F. Irish Parliament Backs Ulster Peace Plan. New York Times, p A6, col 4, April 23, 1998. Clarity, James F. Renegade Irish Militants Plan Mayhem, Officials Say. New York Times, p A6, col 3, January 19, 1998. De Breadun, Deaglan. Northern Ireland: An End to the Troubles? Current History 98:153-158 April 1999. Dettmer, Jamie. Unmasking the IRA's Leaders. Insight on the News 12:8-10 March 18, 1996. Dingley, James. Peace Processes and Northern Ireland: Squaring Circles? Terrorism and Political Violence 11:32-52 Autumn 1999. Drake, C. J. M. The Provisional IRA: A Case Study. Terrorism and Political Violence 3:43-60 Summer 1991. Enemies and Colleagues. Economist 353:55-57 December 4, 1999. Evans, Ernest H. U.S. Peace Initiative in Northern Ireland: A Comparative Analysis. European Security 7:63-77 Summer 1998. Ever Closer. Economist 353:18 November 20, 1999. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports. Hoge, Warren. In Breakthrough, IRA Will Allow Arms Inspections. New York Times, sec 1, p 1, May 7, 2000. Hoge, Warren. Irish Talks Produce an Accord to Stop Decades of Bloodshed with Sharing of Ulster Power. New York Times, p A1, col 6, April 11, 1998. Hoge, Warren. Spate of Killings (by Loyalist Volunteer Force) Puts Cloud Over Talks on Ulster Peace. New York Times, p A4, col 3, January 2, 1998. Horgan, John and Taylor, Max. Playing the 'Green Card' - Financing the Provisional IRA: Part 1. Terrorism and Political Violence 11:1-38 Summer 1999. The Long and Winding Road to Peace. Counterterrorism & Security Reports 7, nos.2-3:9 1998. Marks, Tom. Moving Backwards: The Troubles Return to Northern Ireland. Counterterrorism & Security 3:22-24+ Spring 1996. McKinley, Michael. Of "Alien Influences": Accounting and Discounting for the International Contacts of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Conflict Quarterly 11:7-35 Summer 1991. Newsinger, John. From Counter-Insurgency to Internal Security: Northern Ireland 1969-1992. Small Wars & Insurgencies 6:88-111 Spring 1995. Northern Ireland: From Process to Procession. Economist 347:19-22 April 18, 1998. Northern Ireland: Gerry (Adams) Calls. Economist 354:56+ January 15, 2000. Northern Ireland's Stalemate. World Press Review 47:4-5 April 2000. O'Toole, Fintan. A Novel Question for Ireland (Irish peace vote). U.S. News & World Report 124:22-23 May 25, 1998. Schulze, Kirsten E. and Smith, M. L. R. Arms Issue Plagues Ulster Peace Deal. Jane's Intelligence Review 11:18-22 September 1999. Silke, Andrew. The Lords of Discipline: The Methods and Motives of Paramilitary Vigilantism in Northern Ireland. Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement 7:121-156 Autumn 1998. Silke, Andrew. Rebel's Dilemma: The Changing Relationship Between the IRA, Sinn Fein and Paramilitary Vigilantism in Northern Ireland. Terrorism and Political Violence 11:55-93 Spring 1999. Step by Step in Northern Ireland. Christian Science Monitor, p 10, May 30, 2000. Stymied in Ulster. Economist 354:51-52 February 5, 2000. Toolis, Kevin. Why the I.R.A. Stopped Talking. New York Times, p A19, col 2, February 21, 1996. Trimble's Gamble. Economist 353:65-66 November 20, 1999. United Kingdom. Pinkerton Risk Assessment Services Weekly 1998. United Kingdom. Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services 2000. United Kingdom/ Ireland. Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services 2000. White, Robert W. Don't Confuse Me with the Facts: More on the Irish Republican Army and Sectarianism. Terrorism and Political Violence 10:164-189 Winter 1998. White, Robert W. The Irish Republican Army: An Assessment of Sectarianism. Terrorism and Political Violence 9:20-55 Spring 1997. White, Robert W. The Irish Republican Army and Sectarianism: Moving Beyond the Anecdote. Terrorism and Political Violence 9:120-131 Summer 1997. Why Peace Broke Down. Economist 338:21-23 February 17, 1996.
Reviews the current situation since the 1994 cease-fire, broken in 1996 and now in renegotiation.
Discusses the suspension of the province's power-sharing executive pending resolution of the issue of the disarmament of the IRA.
Part One. 9:7-9 January 1997.
Part Two. 9:55-57 February 1997.
Articles discuss the Irish National Liberation Army which is smaller and more to the left than the main IRA. Comparisons are made throughout to IRA actions and philosophy.
Reviews the structure, network, links to other groups, operations in 1997-1998, etc.
Reviews the Northern Ireland peace deal and what it leaves unanswered.
Discusses the groups involved, their aims, and how they operate.
Discusses the issues of the decommissioning of weapons, the constitutional status of Northern Ireland, and the role of terrorist activists.
Discusses the negotiations between Ulster Unionists and the IRA.
For up-to-date information on the Irish Republican Army (IRA), check the FBIS online database. Numerous articles are available for 1999 and 2000. (FBIS is a subscription service available in-house at the Air University Library).
Discusses the negotiation process and the resulting 67-page framework for power-sharing.
Discusses LVF activities and the founder's murder in prison by Catholic inmates belonging to Irish National Liberation Army.
Offers a chronology of developments in Northern Ireland from 1968 through April 10, 1998.
Discusses the end of the ceasefire, birth of a new IRA, rise of Gerry Adams, and strategic realities.
Discusses the Northern Ireland peace process, the IRA, and Ulster groups.
Reviews current actions in Northern Ireland by the IRA and Loyalists. Gerry Adams visits President Clinton at the White House.
Discusses the role of the Sinn Fein and the IRA in Irish politics, the role of the Ulster Unionist Party in the peace process, the situation as of February 2000.
Comments on the steps that must be taken by the IRA and the Unionists to establish peace.
Discusses the wrangle over the IRA's armoury.
Discusses the reasons why the IRA abandoned a 17-month cease fire and returned to terrorism.
Reviews the peace process between Ulster Unionists and the IRA.
Splinter Group Strategy Impedes Peace Process. 15, no.9:2-3 February 27, 1998.
Defining the Continuity Irish Republican Army. 15, no.10:2-3 March 6, 1998.
Dissident Republicans Warn of More Bomb Attacks (Continuity IRA). 17:6-7 February 11, 2000.
Coalition Government Resumes. 17:6 June 2, 2000.
Bomb Blast in Hotel Muddies Peace Process. 17:7 February 11, 2000.
IRA Ends Relationship with Decommissioning Body. 17:7 February 18, 2000.
Army Barracks Hit by Bomb. 17:7 April 14, 2000.
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