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This book illustrates the impact of the Second World War on people on both sides of the border in Ireland.

Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles, and racketeering are often associated with the Ulster Defence Association. As Northern Ireland's troubles worsened in 1971 and 1972, the UDA struggled against the IRA to uphold the Union with Britain. Ian S. Wood recounts the UDA's descent into criminality, its role in Britain's "secret war, " and its impact on the political and ethnic conflicts of the time.

Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles, and racketeering are often associated with the Ulster Defence Association. As Northern Ireland's troubles worsened in 1971 and 1972, the UDA struggled against the IRA to uphold the Union with Britain. Ian S. Wood recounts the UDA's descent into criminality, its role in Britain's "secret war, " and its impact on the political and ethnic conflicts of the time.

Sir Winston Churchill, voted the greatest Briton of all time, died 50 years ago on January 24th 1965. Born on November 30th 1874, he entered Parliament in 1900 and dom-inated political life for over half a century until his retirement in 1955. His leadership of the British people in the Second World War (when he was Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945) was in inspiration to them and the free world and remains a period of defining historical im...