This study analyzes the popular notion that the attitudes of the IRA, backed by Sinn Fein and Gerry Adams, mirror those of the Protestant paramilitary and the Paisleyite groups in Northern Ireland. Using their periodicals and pamphlets, it demonstrates that these violently antagonistic groups not only borrow each other's tactics directly, but also unconsciously converge in their attitudes to violence, education, economic strategies and sometimes Irish language and culture. This analysis argues that even their different interpretations of people and events demonstrate a common pattern of stylized antagonism. While Provisionals condemn Catholic bishops as agents of the British goverment, Protestant loyalists see these bishops as IRA organizers. The author concludes that a continuing stalemate is likely.
- ISBN10 1855215586
- ISBN13 9781855215580
- Publish Date 13 October 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English