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List of books about the Troubles

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The following is a list of books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Baldy, F. Tom (1997). The Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security. Diane Publishing ISBN 0-7881-4145-7

Bell, J. Bowyer (1993). The Irish Troubles: A Generation of Violence 1967–1992. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-08827-2

Beresford, David (1989). Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN 978-0-87113-269-7

Bishop, Patrick; Mallie, Eamonn (1988). The Provisional IRA. London: Corgi.

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