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57 Mortimer Street,
Derby.

DE24 8FX

Email: membership@nivets.org.uk
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Bloody Belfast: An Oral History of the British Army's War Against the IRA

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  • Bloody Belfast: An Oral History of the British Army's War Against the IRA

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ID:	303161Bloody Belfast is a fascinating oral history given a chilling insight into the killing grounds of Belfast’s streets.

    Wharton’s work is based on first hand accounts from the soldiers who experienced the violence in Belfast. The reader can walk the darkened, dangerous streets of the Lower Falls, the Divis Street, and new Lodge alongside the soldiers who braved the hate-filled mobs on the newer, but no less violent streets of the ‘Murph, Turf Lodge, and Andersonstown.

    Wharton’s reputation for honesty established from previous works has encouraged more former soldiers of Britain’s forgotten army to come forward to tell their stories of "Bloody Belfast."
    The book continues the story of his previous work, presenting the truth about a conflict which has been deliberately underplayed by the MOD.

    Available from Amazon and all good book retailers. Get yours by clicking here
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      That'd be the chain wot holds the plug for his new book, mate - "Aussies in VietNam - Where's the Barbie, Yank?" to be sold at all good newsagents.

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      I have recently ordered a copy of this book from my local library, it cost a quid to order a book they have not got but coincidentally I was at the Peace Centre in Warrington on a short course 16-18 April 10 and they had a copy. This new book is thinner than previous ones but seems a more glossy product. I did not have the time to read all the accounts but are smiler to past volumes. There are new photographs not previously seen before as I imagine they have been contributed by those whose story's feature and it has photographs of where the barracks had been which should interest anyone who served there or new someone who had. As there is a story in it from a LCPL Gazelle Aircrewman doing Top Cover Watch over Belfast I suppose I might buy it out of interest. Personally I found the list of casualties at the back a useful reminder tool. Recommended

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      The book opened a Pandora's Box of emotions! I managed half of it this year. Perhaps next year i can muster the courage and finish it. Sorry Ken!
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