Ira: The Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity

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A. R. Oppenheimer is the Editor of NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) International magazine and an acknowledged specialist in weapons of mass destruction, explosives and counterterrorism. He has worked as a consultant on nuclear weapons to Jane's Information Group and for defence institutes in the UK and US. He contributes reports and analyses for defence and security journals and speaks regularly at conferences and professional seminars.

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As a leading expert on non-conventional weapons and explosives, the author focuses on the bombs and explosives and shows how the IRA became the most adept and experienced insurgency group the world has ever seen through their bombing expertise and how - after generations of conflict - it all came to an end. The book is a comprehensive account of more than 150 years of Irish republican strategic, tactical, and operational details and analysis covering the IRA's mission, doctrine, targeting, and acquisition of weapons and explosives. Oppenheimer also colourfully presents the story behind the bombs; those who built and deployed them, those who had to deal with and dismantle them, and those who suffered or died from them. He analyses where, how, and why the IRA's bombs were built, targeted and deployed and explores what the IRA was hoping to accomplish in its unrivalled campaign of violence and insurgency through covert acquisition, training, intelligence and counter-intelligence. The b


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Foreword PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Armed Struggle: Evolving StrategiesChapter 2: Dynamiters to City DestroyersChapter 3: Spectaculars: "We have only to be lucky once"Chapter 4: Amassing the ArsenalChapter 5: Explosives: from Gunpowder to Magic Marble Chapter 6: Deadly Ingenuity: the Bomb TechnologiesChapter 7: Mortars: a Home-made Missile SystemChapter 8: "If you hit target, there was elation": The EngineersChapter 9: The Countermeasures Arms Race and the 'Long Walk'Chapter 10: Decommissioning: "Not a bullet: not an ounce"Chapter 11: Conclusion

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