This English writer, a former British soldier, chronicles the violent religious and political conflict in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles through a series of non-fictional books. His work is an oral history, drawing on firsthand accounts from soldiers of all ranks who served during Operation Banner, as well as his own experiences from two tours in Northern Ireland. Through these testimonies, he uncovers the complexity and human dimension of one of modern history's most enduring conflicts. His style is direct and unadorned, prioritizing the authenticity of the narrative.
This book recounts in great detail the three bloody years which led up to the Downing Street declaration. It was a time of hope, punctuated by appalling acts of savagery by Republicans and Loyalists alike. The Frizzell’s bombing, the Greysteel massacre, the machine-gun attacks on several Catholic-frequented betting shops are but a few of the outrages carried out by bloodthirsty and undoubtedly evil paramilitaries. The author refuses to keep quiet as Sinn Fein and its apologists in the British Labour Party attempt to re-write the history of the troubles.
Cut off from Earth for over a century, the people of Mandala have created a unique society and developed religious beliefs and cultural customs that are completely their own. Now, word has come that thousands of colonists are en route from Earth. Fearing a crippling shift in the planet's balance, the Prime Minister vows to do whatever it takes to keep them away.
Irish Republicanism, like its bloodthirsty Loyalist equivalent, bred and nurtured men of evil; psychopathic men and women who killed without compunction or thought; men and women who thought nothing of robbing innocents of their lives, uncaring of the devastation their actions would inflict on wives and children and parents alike. Yet at the same time, some complain about a 'shoot-to-kill' policy, ignoring civil rights and the so-called rule of law. These same concepts were conveniently overlooked by the terrorists of the IRA/INLA and the rest. One is constantly in conflict with the armchair IRA supporters of modern Irish Republicanism who talk of 'oppression' and 'the struggle for freedom.' But rest assured that while there is breath in this author's body, the battle to prevent Gerry Adams and the rest from re-writing history to suit their devious ends will never cease. This book picks up from where Volume 1 left off and describes and analyses the major incidents and stories from the Troubles between the years 1988 and 1990, as Operation Banner continued and Irish Republicanism and Northern Irish Loyalism continued to make the country into a bloody battlefield, where, quite literally, no-one was safe and where violence touched virtually every household in Ulster.
