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The Deployment of British Troops
- A Selected Reading List



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Text and Research: Fionnuala McKenna and Martin Melaugh
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The following is a DRAFT list of selected reading material on the deployment of British Army troops on 14 August 1969. The list may be of use while the CAIN web pages on this Key Event are being completed. The reader should also consult the CAIN bibliography for other references to this event and for the full citations to the following items.

Key Texts

Barzilay (1973) The British Army in Ulster, Volume 1.

Hamill (1985) Pig in the Middle: the Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-84.

General Reference Texts

Bardon (1992) A History of Ulster.

Bew and Gillespie (1993) Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles, 1968-1993.

Flackes and Elliott (1994) Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1993.

See also the list of source material that will be used in the main web pages on the deployment of British troops.


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