Whose Mission, Whose Orders?: British Civil-Military Command and Control in Northern Ireland, 1968-1974 - Hardcover

Charters, David A.

9780773549265: Whose Mission, Whose Orders?: British Civil-Military Command and Control in Northern Ireland, 1968-1974

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ISBN 10: 0773549269 ISBN 13: 9780773549265

Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017

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The 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the conflict in Northern Ireland left intriguing questions unanswered: who made the crucial decisions about the use of the British Army during the Troubles � the politicians or the generals? And how did these decisions shape the army�s operations on the ground? In Whose Mission, Whose Orders?, David Charters pulls back the curtain on secret debates between British politicians and generals, as each struggled to assert their control over army operations. Consulting original sources, Charters examines the roles played by politicians, generals, and senior civil servants in the initial deployment of troops in 1969, the internment operation, the removal of the �no-go� areas, and the Ulster Workers Council general strike. The case studies highlight the army�s dualistic character as both a professional force and a skilled political player. Despite its political function, Charters argues, politicians did not always listen to the army�s military advice, leading to unsound decisions that aggravated and prolonged the unrest. Illustrating the complex and dynamic balance of civil and military objectives that informed security policy and operations during the conflict in Northern Ireland, Whose Mission, Whose Orders? offers new perspectives on command and control in unconventional warfare.

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David A. Charters is a retired professor of military history at the University of New Brunswick.

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Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0773549269
ISBN 13: 9780773549265
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Anzahl der Seiten: 328
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Whose Mission, Whose Orders?

David A. Charters

Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press, CA, 2017

ISBN 10: 0773549269 ISBN 13: 9780773549265

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Hardback. Zustand: New. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the conflict in Northern Ireland left intriguing questions unanswered: who made the crucial decisions about the use of the British Army during the Troubles - the politicians or the generals? And how did these decisions shape the army's operations on the ground? In Whose Mission, Whose Orders?, David Charters pulls back the curtain on secret debates between British politicians and generals, as each struggled to assert their control over army operations. Consulting original sources, Charters examines the roles played by politicians, generals, and senior civil servants in the initial deployment of troops in 1969, the internment operation, the removal of the "no-go" areas, and the Ulster Workers' Council general strike. The case studies highlight the army's dualistic character as both a professional force and a skilled political player. Despite its political function, Charters argues, politicians did not always listen to the army's military advice, leading to unsound decisions that aggravated and prolonged the unrest. Illustrating the complex and dynamic balance of civil and military objectives that informed security policy and operations during the conflict in Northern Ireland, Whose Mission, Whose Orders? offers new perspectives on command and control in unconventional warfare. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers LU-9780773549265

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