political violence

Though rebellions were often put down with brutal tactics, they occurred everywhere: on large plantations and small farms, in major cities and small villages, on land and at sea, and in the North as well as the South.

Examines Argentina's "Dirty War," analyzing the causes and describing the intrigues that undermined the military regime, its retreat from power, and the human rights trials that were held under the new democratic government.

"Readers will gain a better understanding of the history of public protest, its differing manifestations, and its efficacy in promoting political and social change"--Amazon.

In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog.

"A pathbreaking account of the continuing ethnic and state violence after the end of WWI--conflicts that more than anything else set the stage for WWII"--Provided by publisher.

Contains essays looking at the apartheid in South Africa.