Armed struggle: the history of the IRA

...at its most compulsive in its sympathetic but relentless exploration of the arguments and logic that led the IRA and Sinn Fein to their present position. -- Roy Foster, The Times 02 April 2003

...the best account by far of the twentieth century's longest war... If you want to know where the IRA came from and how they think, this is the book to read. -- Peter Hart (Author of THE IRA AND ITS ENEMIES), January 2003

...work distinguished ...by a deep understanding of the mentalities that drive Republican violence, as well as a sensitivity to its cost. -- Professor George Boyce

The most remarkable thing about Armed Struggle is the degree of objectivity English attains... an impressive achievement. -- Independent, April 2003

What impressed me most was the way Richard English managed to present such an historical and contradictory mess with such clarity and fairness. -- Roddy Doyle, January 2003