Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest)

376 Pages·2007·19.267 MB·English

by  Gordon Gillespie

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Sey Northern Ireland Conflict, by Gordon Gillespie, 2008.
Historical Dictionary
of the Northern
Ireland Conflict
Gordon Gillespie
Historical Dictionaries of War,
Revolution, and Civil Unrest, No. 35
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2008
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Gillespie, Gordon.
Historical dictionary of the Northern Ireland conflict / Gordon Gillespie.
p. cm. — (Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest ;
No. 35)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5583-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8 108-5583-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Northern Ireland—History—1969-1994, 2. Northern Ireland—History—1994—
3. Northern Ireland—History—Dictionaries. 4. Political violence—Northern
Ireland—History—Dictionaries. 5. Social conflict-Northern
Ireland—History—Dictionaries. I. Title.
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To my mother, Margaret Jane (Rita) Gillespie