Winter of Discontent
Winter of Discontent is set in the early years of the Troubles of Northern Ireland in 1971-1973. The sectarian violence between ethnic Catholic and Protestant populations is complicated by a biased British loyalist regional government in Belfast. Mis-guided military actions by British security forces set in motion an armed conflict between opposing paramilitary forces. Northern Ireland police and British military forces sided with the loyalist population creating an uneven struggle for Catholic civil rights. Unlike the Anglo-Irish War of 1919-1922, civilian casualties through-out the Troubles vastly outnumbered those of armed combatants.
As part of the United Kingdom, Northen Ire-land joined other places throughout the western world enduring political violence of the 1970s.
The tactics employed by both the IRA and Loyalist paramilitary organizations labelled terrorism or counterterrorism depending on point of view. The violence of the Troubles spanned an entire generation continuing until 1998. The island known in Gaelic as Éire remains partitioned as dictated by the British Government of Ireland Act of 1920.
As part of the United Kingdom, Northen Ire-land joined other places throughout the western world enduring political violence of the 1970s.
The tactics employed by both the IRA and Loyalist paramilitary organizations labelled terrorism or counterterrorism depending on point of view. The violence of the Troubles spanned an entire generation continuing until 1998. The island known in Gaelic as Éire remains partitioned as dictated by the British Government of Ireland Act of 1920.