Bandit Country The IRA and South Armagh
By Toby Harnden
A NEW EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON THE TROUBLES
Branded as ‘Bandit Country’ by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers.
In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell Prize, brings to bear his skills as a fearless journalist, inspired investigator and gifted historian, threatened with imprisonment for protecting his sources in Northern Ireland but undeterred. He draws on secret documents and unsparing interviews with key protagonists on both sides to produce perhaps the most compelling and essential account of the IRA and the Troubles.
Reviews
“A formidable achievement … Essential reading for anyone with a mind capable of changing.”
Sunday Business Post (Dublin)
“Masterful … A triumph … Should be compulsory reading.”
Irish Times
“Courageous … compulsive … goes inside the most impenetrable and deadly of the IRA Brigades.”
Peter Taylor, The Guardian
“The definitive history.”
Sunday Express (London)
“Compelling and minutely researched.”
Irish Examiner
“Fascinating and unrelenting.”
Fortnight magazine (Belfast)
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- Paperback, 544 pages
- ISBN: 9781785908415
- 18 April 2024
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