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In the 11 months between August 1971 and July 1972, Northern Ireland experienced its worst year of violence on record. The 'year of chaos' came between of two major military operations, namely the introduction of internment of IRA suspects, without trial, and Operation Motorman, the invasion of barricaded no-go areas in Belfast and Derry. During this whole period, Malachi O'Doherty was a cub reporter in Belfast, working in the city, covering the violence, returning home at night to a no-go area behind the barricades where the streets were patrolled by armed IRA men. O'Doherty takes readers on a journey, at this time of crucial change, through the events of that terrible year, which he argues should be a reminder that political and military miscalculation can lead to civil war and that there is no more urgent need for creative political thinking than now, in the new instability created by demographic change, one hundred years after the partition of Ireland.

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Title The Year of Chaos: Northern Ireland on the Brink of Civil War, 1971-72
Author Malachi O'Doherty
Binding Hardback
Pages 400
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Atlantic Books (UK)
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781838951221 / 1838951229
Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.4 in (23.50 x 15.88 x 3.56 cm)
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Political violence - Northern Ireland -, Detention of persons - Northern Ireland -
Dewey Decimal Code 941.608

About the author

Malachi O'Doherty is a writer and broadcaster based in Belfast. He is a regular contributor to the Belfast Telegraph and to several BBC radio programs. He covered the Troubles and the peace process as a journalist and has written for several Irish and British newspapers and magazines, including the Irish Times, the New Statesman, the Scotsman and the Guardian.

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