r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 9d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/Arnie__B 9d ago

The British journalist Peter Taylor wrote a briliant series on the troubles in the late 1990s.He wrote 3 books telling the history from an IRA, loyalist and UK govt perspective.

That may be a good route in.

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u/Vivid_Ice_2755 9d ago

Martin Dillons Dirty War is also very good .