Este escritor inglés, un exsoldado británico, narra el violento conflicto religioso y político en Irlanda del Norte conocido como The Troubles a través de una serie de libros de no ficción. Su obra es una historia oral, basada en relatos de primera mano de soldados de todos los rangos que sirvieron durante la Operación Banner, así como en sus propias experiencias de dos misiones en Irlanda del Norte. A través de estos testimonios, desvela la complejidad y la dimensión humana de uno de los conflictos más duraderos de la historia moderna. Su estilo es directo y sin adornos, priorizando la autenticidad de la narración.
This book recounts in great detail the three bloody years which led up to the Downing Street declaration. It was a time of hope, punctuated by appalling acts of savagery by Republicans and Loyalists alike. The Frizzell’s bombing, the Greysteel massacre, the machine-gun attacks on several Catholic-frequented betting shops are but a few of the outrages carried out by bloodthirsty and undoubtedly evil paramilitaries. The author refuses to keep quiet as Sinn Fein and its apologists in the British Labour Party attempt to re-write the history of the troubles.
Cut off from Earth for over a century, the people of Mandala have created a unique society and developed religious beliefs and cultural customs that are completely their own. Now, word has come that thousands of colonists are en route from Earth. Fearing a crippling shift in the planet's balance, the Prime Minister vows to do whatever it takes to keep them away.
This is Ken Wharton's second oral history of the Northern Ireland troubles told again from the perspective of the ordinary British soldier. This book looks deeper into the conflict, utilizing stories from new contributors providing revealing and long-forgotten stories of the troubles from the back streets of the Ardoyne to the bandit country of South Armagh. Ken Wharton - himself a former soldier - is now known and trusted by those who served and they are keen for their part in Britain's forgotten war to now be made public. For the first time, he tells the stories of the 'unseen victims' - the loved ones who sat and dreaded a knock at the door from the Army telling them that their loved one had been killed on the streets of Northern Ireland. There are more first hand accounts from the Rifleman, the Private, the Guardsman, the Driver, the Sapper, the Fusilier on the street as they recall the violence, the insults and the shock of seeing a comrade dying in the street in front of them. There is an explosive interview with a soldier who killed an IRA gunman who was fresh from the murder of two Royal Artillerymen. Building on the huge success of Ken's first book, this second volume will provide plenty of new material for the reader to reconsider afresh the role of Britain's soldiers in Northern Ireland.
The Bloodiest Year is written with passion and a detailed knowledge in
particular of Belfast and the experience of the ordinary squaddie on the
streets. The Troubles have become Britain's forgotten war and so long as he is
able, Ken will do his best to keep the memory of Operation Banner alive.
