Book Review: A fatal 'solution' to the problems of the Troubles-era North

Micheál Smith’s authoritative account of the UDR’s history shows that, from the very outset, it was a deeply sectarian organisation doomed to failure, writes Noel Baker

Armed British soldiers on patrol in Lisbon Street, Belfast, during the Official IRA's unconditional ceasefire.

• UDR Declassified
• Micheál Smith
• Merrion Press, €18.95