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Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence
Colin Crawford
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Description for Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence
Paperback. Offers a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the UDA and the Ulster Freedom Fighters. Features interviews with key members including Johnny Adair. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
This book is a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the Ulster Defence Assocation (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). Featuring interviews with key members of these paramilitary groups, many conducted inside the Maze prison, Colin Crawford presents a thorough analysis of Loyalism and the role that Loyalist paramilitary groups continue to play in Northern Ireland's troubles. He also provides an insider's account of the workings of state-sponsored terrorism.
Crawford explores these tensions and assesses the difficulties that the UDA faces in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement. He analyses the Ulster ... Read more
This book is a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the Ulster Defence Assocation (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). Featuring interviews with key members of these paramilitary groups, many conducted inside the Maze prison, Colin Crawford presents a thorough analysis of Loyalism and the role that Loyalist paramilitary groups continue to play in Northern Ireland's troubles. He also provides an insider's account of the workings of state-sponsored terrorism.
Crawford explores these tensions and assesses the difficulties that the UDA faces in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement. He analyses the Ulster ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745321066
SKU
V9780745321066
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About Colin Crawford
Colin Crawford formerly worked as a Probation Officer in the Maze prison. He now lectures in Applied Social Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Defenders or Criminals: Loyalist Prisoners and Criminalisation (Blackstaff, 1999) and Inside the UDA (Pluto, 2003).
Reviews for Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence
"Colin Crawford's book is certainly to be welcomed ... As a probation officer who works with former loyalist prisoners, Crawford was almost uniquely placed to produce an 'ethnography' on loyalism, in which sections of the UDA describe themselves and their actions, in their own words." Roger Cottrell, Lobster 4