00:09 .Preface
14:34 .PART I - HISTORY 1916-63
14:41 .ONE: The Irish Revolution 1916-23
02:15:42 .TWO: New States 1923-63
04:09:57 .PART II - PROTEST AND REBELLION 1963-76
04:10:06 .THREE: The Birth of the Provisional IRA 1963-72
07:35:45 .FOUR: The Politics of Violence 1972-6
“Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA” by Richard English provides a comprehensive history of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from the 1916 Easter Rising to the early 2000s. It explores the IRA’s evolution, key events like the Irish Civil War, the split that led to the formation of the Provisional IRA, and the peace process. English offers a balanced view, neither romanticizing nor condemning the IRA, and provides deep insights into its motives, actions, and consequences.
