On Bloody Sunday : a new history of the day and its aftermath by those who were there
Campbell, Julieann2022
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In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'. Within hours, the British military informed the world that they had won an 'IRA gun battle'. This became the official narrative for decades until a family-led campaign instigated one of the most complex inquiries in history. In 2010, the victims of Bloody Sunday were fully exonerated when Lord Saville found that the majority of the victims were either shot in the back as they ran away or were helping someone in need. While many buried the trauma of that day, historian and campaigner Juliann Campbell - whose teenage uncle was the first to be killed - felt the need to keep recording these interviews, and collecting rare and unpublished accounts.
Main title:
Author:
Campbell, Julieann, author
Imprint:
London : Monoray, 2022.
Collation:
xviii, 446 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781800960404 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972 -- Personal narrativesPolitical violence -- Northern Ireland -- Derry -- History -- 20th centuryDerry (Northern Ireland) -- History -- 20th centuryHistoryHistoryDerry (Northern Ireland) -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
3011511