Soldiers of Destiny: The Fianna Fail Party, The Irish Republican Army and a United Ireland

Abstract

This report traces the relationship between the Fianna Fail Party of the Irish Republic and the clandestine Irish Republic Army (IRA). The deep historical roots of their common beginning have prevented them from breaking away from their inflexible traditions and developing any workable solutions to ending the conflict and the partition of Ulster. Significant in this report is the historical struggle with Britain for independence that lent legitimacy to violent resistance; the influence of Eamon de Valera in developing a constitutional vehicle for republican aspirations and the uncompromising of extremists in both organizations that preclude them from moderating their goals to any significant degree.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 1990
Accession Number
ADA229928

Entities

People

  • John J. Prusiecki Jr.

Organizations

  • Indiana University Bloomington

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Civil War
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Political Movements
  • Political Parties
  • Political Systems
  • Sectarian Violence
  • Security
  • Social Welfare
  • Societies
  • Terrorists
  • Violence

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design