Violence In Ulster_ An Oral Documentary by William H. Van Voris PDF

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Violence In Ulster: An Oral Documentary by William H. Van Voris PDF

During the explosive period since 1968, Mr Van Voris recorded the memories of hundreds of people in Northern Ireland at all levels, moderate and radical, protestant and catholic. There are statements by those who make the bombs, and those injured by them, by priests and ministers, the powerful and the poor.

Some of the comments are notable, Bernadette Devlin tells of her months in prison. Ian Paisley explains his attack against the Unionist party, Lord Brookeborough, on why he organized the B-Specials. Some of the most memorable voices are those of ordinary people caught in the violence. One man explains how he helped organize a riot that destroyed a police force, an IRA man tells how he makes explosives out of fertilizers, and women explain how they keep the world going.

The result is an exciting and clarifying portrait of this troubled country whose experience is universal.

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