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The Irish Republican Army: An Examination Of Imperialism, Terror, And Just War Theory, Avery R. Barboza
The Irish Republican Army: An Examination Of Imperialism, Terror, And Just War Theory, Avery R. Barboza
Master's Theses
Analysis of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and their actions in the 1970s and 1980s offer insight into their use of just war theory in their conflict with the British government and ultra-loyalist Protestant forces in Northern Ireland. The historiography of Irish history is defined by its phases of nationalism, revisionism, and anti-revisionism that cloud the historical narrative of imperialism and insurgency in the North. Applying just war theory to this history offers a more nuanced understanding of the conflict of the Troubles and the I.R.A.’s usage of this framework in their ideology that guided their terrorism in the latter …