Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity : The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary of Terms -- Preface and Overview -- Introduction -- 1. The Ulster Volunteer Force and O'Neill -- 1965-66: The UVF and the UPV -- 1966-69: Civil Rights to Civil War -- 1969: The End of O'Neill -- 1970: The Red Hand Commando -- 1972: Reorganisation of the UVF -- Conclusion -- 2. Manipulation, Acquiescence and Awakening -- 50 Years of Misrule -- Radicalism and Reaction -- Manipulation and Acquiescence -- The Awakening and the Split -- Conclusion -- 3. The Prison Experience and Loyalist Politics -- The Long Kesh University -- Gusty Spence -- Spence University -- Engagement -- The Camp Council -- The Downtown Office Scheme -- Conclusion -- 4. The Emerging Light: Political Loyalism 1973-75 -- Introduction -- The Rise of Politics -- 'Enlightened Ulstermen' -- The Demise of the VPP -- Conclusion -- 5. Darkness at the End of the Tunnel: The Failure of Politics -- Provisional Republicanism -- Protestant Attitudes and the Protestant Working Class -- British Policies: Criminalisation, Ulsterisation, Marginalisation -- Unionism and Loyalism -- The 'Red Scare' -- TARA and M15 -- Conclusion -- 6. The Light in the Darkness: Political Loyalism, 1975-77 -- Politics of Compromise -- The Spence Oration 12 JUly 1977 -- Remembrance Day Speech 1977 -- Conclusion -- 7. Sharing Responsibility: 1977-87 -- Sharing Responsibility, 1985 -- The Anglo-Irish Accord -- War or Peace? Conflict or Conference? -- The Unionist Task Force -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Lost Opportunity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Unique in-depth investigation into working-class Loyalism in Northern Ireland as represented by the UVF and RHC and their political allies.