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Abstract
This book is a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the Ulster Defence Assocation (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). Featuring interviews with key members of these paramilitary groups, many conducted inside the Maze prison, Colin Crawford presents a thorough analysis of Loyalism and the role that Loyalist paramilitary groups continue to play in Northern Ireland's troubles. He also provides an insider's account of the workings of state-sponsored terrorism.
Crawford explores these tensions and assesses the difficulties that the UDA faces in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement. He analyses the Ulster Democratic Party's failure to win seats in the 1998 elections, and he examines the conflict between those who are motivated by the profits of crime and drug trafficking, and those motivated by political ideals.
The book makes disturbing and often heartbreaking reading, and it marks an important step forward in understanding the Loyalist position - for it is only through improving our understanding of the experience of all citizens in Northern Ireland that lasting peace can be achieved.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vii | ||
| 1 Introduction to the Conflict in Northern Ireland | 1 | ||
| 800 Years of Troubled History | 1 | ||
| The Roles of the IRA and of the UDA/ UFF in the Conflict Since 1969 | 5 | ||
| 2 Researching the UDA | 10 | ||
| The Probation Service, Long Kesh and Political Prisoners | 10 | ||
| Specific Methodology | 16 | ||
| 3 The UDA/ UFF: History, Organisation and Structure | 20 | ||
| A Brief History of the UDA/ UFF | 20 | ||
| A Paramilitary Organisation? | 24 | ||
| A Working- class Organisation? | 30 | ||
| Strategy and Tactics: Selective Targeting versus Random Killing | 32 | ||
| Infiltration by the Police and the Security Forces | 39 | ||
| Collusion Between Elements of the British Security Forces and Members of the UDA/ UFF | 42 | ||
| From Paramilitaries to a Politicisation of the Conflict | 46 | ||
| 4 Phase One: Beginnings the UDA s Chaotic Sectarian War of the 1970s | 51 | ||
| Sam Duddy | 51 | ||
| Ken | 63 | ||
| Billy | 76 | ||
| John White | 89 | ||
| 5 Phase Two: The 1980s UDA/ UFF from Infiltration to Reorganisation | 97 | ||
| Terry | 97 | ||
| Jackie | 112 | ||
| 6 Phase Three: The Mid- 1980s UDA/ UFF Travelling Gunmen and the Selective Strategy | 127 | ||
| Gary | 127 | ||
| Michael Stone | 143 | ||
| 7 Phase Four: The 1990s the Selective Strategy and Retaliatory Sectarian Murder | 154 | ||
| Tommy | 154 | ||
| Johnny Adair | 165 | ||
| Gordon | 173 | ||
| Alan | 183 | ||
| 8 Phase Five: The UDA/ UFF 1993 the Shankill Bomb and the Greysteel Massacre | 193 | ||
| Combatant A | 193 | ||
| Combatant B | 196 | ||
| Combatant C | 202 | ||
| Combatant D | 206 | ||
| Conclusion | 210 | ||
| Bibliography | 218 | ||
| Index | 221 | ||
| Adair, Johnny | xiv |