Chapter 2. From Naïvety to Insurgency: Becoming a Paramilitary in Northern Ireland†

  1. David Canter Professor
  1. Dr Neil Ferguson Director Associate Professor lecturer Fellow1,
  2. Mark Burgess Senior Lecturer2

Published Online: 17 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470744499.ch2

Book Title

The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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How to Cite

Ferguson, N. and Burgess, M. (2009) From Naïvety to Insurgency: Becoming a Paramilitary in Northern Ireland, in The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (ed D. Canter), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470744499.ch2

Editor Information

  1. University of Huddersfield, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    Liverpool Hope University, UK

  2. 2

    Oxford Brookes University, UK

  1. †

    Correspondence concerning this chapter should be sent to Neil Ferguson, Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park, Liverpool, UK. Phone: +44 (0)151 291 - 3754. Fax: +44 (0)151 291 - 3773. Email: fergusn@hope.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
  2. Published Print: 15 FEB 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470753804

Online ISBN: 9780470744499

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Keywords:

  • from naïvety to insurgency - becoming paramilitary in Northern Ireland;
  • exposure to violence - potential for pushing people into paramilitary activities;
  • world a more fearful and less safe place - since terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001;
  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, a.k.a. Tamil Tigers);
  • Marxist and atheist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - employing suicide attacks;
  • obsession with ‘shahid’, suicide bombers - perception that they particular to Islamic fundamentalism;
  • Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) - two car-bomb explosions in London;
  • people joining armed insurgent groups or commiting acts of terrorism;
  • moral disengagement, detachment and dissociation - symptoms of perpetration-pinduced traumatic stress (PITS);
  • perpetrators of political violence - victims of their own violent actions

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • The Road to Insurgency

  • The Potential for Further Violence in Northern Ireland

  • All Gave Some, Some Gave All: Terrorism, Trauma and Violence

  • Conclusion

  • References

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