Crimes of Loyalty: A History of the UDA

Ian S. Wood

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2006

Crimes of Loyalty

A History of the UDA

Ian S. Wood

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748626878

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Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles and racketeering are what for many define their image of the Ulster Defence Association. Yet as Northern Ireland's Troubles worsened in 1971 and 1972, it emerged with a mass membership to defend Loyalist areas against the IRA and to uphold the Union with Britain. By 1974 it was able to defy the will of an elected government and it went on to formulate political strategies for working-class Loyalism.

Ian S. Wood uses his specialist knowledge as well as extensive interviews to recount these events and the ruthless war waged by the UDA on the nationalist community. He explores issues such as the UDA's descent into criminality and its relationship with the 'secret war' conducted by Britain's undercover services and he assesses what impact the organisation had on the outcome of Europe's worst political and ethnic conflict between 1945 and the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia after 1990.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
1 Joining Up: The Origins of the UDA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Victory: The UDA and the 1974 Ulster Workers’ Council Strike Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3 After the Strike: Political Initiatives and Political Defeats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 The Campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement and ‘Common Sense’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5 The UDA at War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
6 Fighting On Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7 Simply the Best: the Rise of Johnny Adair and C Company Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
8 Ceasefire and an Uncertain Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
9 Signing Up to Peace? The UDA’s Road to the Good Friday Agreement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
10 War within Loyalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
11 Endgame for Johnny Adair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
12 A ‘Post-War’ UDA and the Issue of Collusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
13 Hands across the Sea: The UDA in Scotland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
Postscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
Appendix A Brief Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Appendix B A Chronology of the Troubles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Appendix C Organisations and Initials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
Appendix D Responsibility for Deaths, 1966–2003 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	382
References and Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: History

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Published: May 19, 2006
ISBN: 9780748626878