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

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

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

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