The provisional IRA: A case study

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The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a militant, nationalist organisation which aims at ending British rule in Northern Ireland by violent means and at establishing a united Irish republic. It has the support of a substantial proportion of Northern Irish Catholics, and sufficient armaments to continue its campaign for the forseeable future. The quality of the ordinary PIRA recruits is quite high, and its leadership has shown itself capable of adapting political and military strategy to changing circumstances. However, despite achieving a great deal, it is unlikely that the PIRA can overcome the hostility of Northern Irish Protestants to Irish unity, and by its campaign it has exacerbated that hostility.

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