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NORTHERN IRELAND’S ’68
Simon Prince is a Senior Lecturer in Canterbury Christ Church University’s School of Humanities. His research is concerned with how relations between the local, national, and transnational-shaped protest movements and the production of violence, with civil breakdown in democracies, and with narratives of the Troubles. His publications include Belfast and Derry in Revolt: A New History of the Start of the Troubles (co-authored with Geoffrey Warner, 2011).
NORTHERN IRELAND’S ’68
Civil Rights, Global Revolt and
the Origins of The Troubles
Simon Prince
First published in 2007 by
Irish Academic Press
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Contents
Nationalism and its Discontents
CHAPTER THREE
Republicanism and Socialism
CHAPTER FOUR
The Civil Rights Campaign
CHAPTER FIVE
Paris, London, Rome, Berlin, Derry
CHAPTER SIX
The Derry Disturbances
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Unionist Reaction
CHAPTER EIGHT
People’s Democracy
Conclusion
Endnotes
Index
Acknowledgements
I should begin by thanking Robert Tombs and Paul Bew as without their help this book would not have been written. From the very beginning, they have given me their time, their advice, and their support. The debt that I owe to them cannot be calculated. I was also fortunate enough to be one of the last students to be supervised by Peter Clarke. Like all the others that came before me, I benefited enormously from the experience.
Brendan Simms, George Boyce, Vincent Comerford, Tony Judt, Geoffrey Warner, Bob Purdie and Roy Foster all took the trouble to read early versions of some of the chapters. I am deeply grateful for their incisive and invaluable comments – all of which resulted in improvements to the text. Eugenio Biagini, Chris Clark, Mike Broers, Richard Drayton, Ray Ryan and John Bew gave me much-needed help and advice – I am glad to have this chance to thank them for their efforts on my behalf.
Although I have consciously tried to rely upon printed sources, this was not always possible. Fortunately, Roy Johnston, Anthony Coughlan and Kevin Boyle graciously allowed me to draw upon their memories and private papers. Their kindness kept me from making some costly errors and brought to my attention many things that I had overlooked.
The staffs of many research institutions have offered great assistance and I would like to thank everyone who has helped me at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast, the National Archives at Kew, the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale, the Linen Hall Library in Belfast, and the University Library in Cambridge. St John’s College, Cambridge, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, have been incredibly generous with the support that they gave me while I was writing and researching this book. At Irish Academic Press, Lisa Hyde and Kay Hyman deserve special thanks. Lisa has guided me through every stage of the process with sensitivity and professionalism. Kay carefully read through the typescript spotting problems and finding solutions.
My friends and family have always believed in me – even when I had stopped – and it is to them that this book is dedicated.
Dramatis Personae
Ken Bloomfield: Terence O’Neill’s closest civil service adviser
