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Bloody Sunday : massacre in Northern Ireland, the eyewitness accounts

Mullan, Don, 1956- (Added Author). Scally, John. (Added Author).

Summary: Presents eyewitness accounts of the massacre which took place January 30, 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland during an anti-internment march in which the British Army opened fire and consequently killed fourteen people and wounded thirteen.

Item details

ISBN: 1570981590
ISBN: 9781570981593
Physical Description: print
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart, 1997.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Keep the peace": civil rights instructions to march stewards.-"The Saracens are coming": the Paras enter the Bogside.-"Stand your ground": Free Derry Corner.-The killing zones.-A military view: servicemen speak out.-"A fusillade of bombs and bullets"? -Hindering the healers.-The Para removals.-Behind the lines: the statements of Soldier A and a British Army officer. PARTIAL APPENDICES: Confidential Downing Street minutes, dated 1 February 1972.-Note on results of post-mortem examinations.-The scene of Bloody Sunday. Map of dead and wounded.-The Breglio Report.