The secret army: the IRA

Cover Page -- The Secret Army: The IRA -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Foreword to the 1979 Edition -- Foreword to the 1970 Edition -- Part I The Glorious Years: 1916-1927 -- I The Rising: The Republic Proclaimed, The Army Committed, April-September 1916 -- II The Tan War: The IRA Triumphant, September 1916-July 1921 -- III The Irregular Years: Schism, Terror, and Despair, June 1921-August 1923 -- IV The Legion of the Rearguard: The Response to Defeat, May 1923-August 1927 -- Part II The Cosgrave Years: 1927-1932 -- V The IRA Goes to Ground: Perseverance on the Road to the Republic, September 1927-February 1932 -- Part III The De Valera Years: 1932-1938 -- VI De Valera in Power: The Devil We Don't Know, March 1932-June 1936 -- VII De Valera Pre-empts the Stage: The IRA without Direction, June 1936-March 1938 -- Part IV The War Years: 1938-1945 -- VIII The English Campaign: Bombs for Britain, April 1938-September 1939 -- IX The Momentum Ebbs: Conspiracy, Coercion, and Desperate Men, September 1939-April 1941 -- X Turmoil at the Centre: The Stephen Hayes Affair, April 1941-September 1941 -- XI The Edge of Chaos: Twilight of the Gunmen, October 1941-December 1944 -- Part V The Campaign Years: 1945-1969 -- XII The IRA Endures: The Agonizing Reconstruction, 1945-1951 -- XIII The IRA on the Move: The Great Arms Raids, 1951-1954 -- XIV The Campaign: The Build-up, 1954-1956 -- XV The Campaign: The IRA on the Offensive, December 1956-July 1957 -- XVI The Campaign: The IRA on the Defensive, August 1957-March 1962 -- XVII The Gun on the Shelf: The IRA in the Doldrums, March 1962-July 1969 -- Part VI -- XVIII The North Explodes and the Army Divides -- XIX The Rise of the Provos: 1970-1972 -- XX The Bloody Watershed, 1972-1974 -- XXI A War of Attrition, 1974-1979 -- Part VII