Killing Rage by Eamon Collins

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An account of how an angry young man can cross the line that divides theoretical support for violence to a state of "killing rage", in which the murder of neighbours becomes thinkable. The book presents the brutality and waste caused by the IRA's unwinnable campaign, and of its human consequences.

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Killing Rage by Eamon Collins

This is an account of how an angry young man can cross the line that divides theoretical support for violence from a state of "killing rage", in which the murder of neighbour becomes thinkable. Over 3000 people have died in Northern Ireland since 1969, and most of them have died at the hands of their neighbours. The intimacy of the Ulster conflict, what it means to carry out a political murder when in all probability the victim is personally known, or lives in a nearby street, is described accurately by an honest participant. The book does not attempt to soften the impact of the events it describes through euphemism or rhetoric. It is a truthful picture of the brutality and waste caused by the IRA's unwinnable campaign, and of its human consequences. It is also a self-portrait of the despair and distintegration, the hardening to conscience and grief, that accompany political violence.
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ISBN 13 9781862070080
ISBN 10 1862070083
Title Killing Rage
Author Eamon Collins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 1997-04-03
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.