Loyalists; War and Peace in Northern Ireland

New York, N.Y.: TV Books, 1999. Presumed First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Tim Page (Front jacket photograph). viii, [2], 278 pages. Illustrations. Includes Acknowledgments, Notes, Glossary, and Index, as well as chapters on Under Siege; Gathering Storm; Murder; Insurrection; Explosion; Defense; Tit for Tat; Escalation; Killing Fields; Returning the Serve; Strike; Inside and Out; Heroes and Villains; Bad Years; Betrayal; Guns; Killing Time; Backstage; Ceasefire; and Good Friday. Peter Taylor, OBE is a British journalist and documentary-maker. He is best known for his coverage of the political and armed conflict in Northern Ireland, widely known as the Troubles, and for his investigation of Al Qaeda and Islamist extremism in the wake of 9/11. He has written books and researched, written and presented television documentaries over a period of more than forty years. In 2014, Taylor was awarded both a Royal Television Society lifetime achievement award and a BAFTA special award. His Northern Ireland trilogy on the Troubles is called, Provos: The IRA and Sinn Féin, Loyalists, and Brits: The War against the IRA. Each book deals with the Northern Irish conflict from the perspective of one of the three main parties involved: the Provisional IRA; the various Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups; and the British government and security forces. The trilogy provides an insight into all the main groups involved and the violent and political events that occurred throughout this turbulent period in Anglo-Irish history. Taylor's books feature interviews with people connected to some of the most significant incidents and landmark political events in Northern Ireland during this time. Terror has griped Northern Ireland for the past three decades, the result of the violent conflict between the Protestants and the Catholics. Loyalism--loyalty to the Protestant faith, Queen, and country--runs through the veins of just about every Protestant in Northern Ireland. Loyalists is based on a series of frank and chilling interviews, both with the paramilitary leaders who mapped out loyalist strategy over the years and the gunmen who carried out the bombings and killings. The powerful narration also includes revealing interviews with loyalist and unionist politicians who conducted their business center stage, while the paramilitaries remained in the shadows.