How ‘terrorism’ does not end: The case of the official irish republican army

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-376

  Rekawek, Kacper Edward ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Nationalism; Northern Ireland; Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA); Republicanism; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889020689     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539150802515038     Document Type: Article

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