British counterinsurgency in Northern Ireland.

• Main Author: Toh, Teck Lee.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38898
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Northern Ireland had been one of the longest running insurgencies in the world. It took almost 30 years from the start of open insurgency to it de facto conclusion. This paper attempts to investigate why, with Britain's extensive counterinsurgency experiences, they took so long to come to an ef...