'A sledgehammer used to miss a fly': Counterinsurgency and State Violence Part II

Stray Bullets

This episode concludes (for the time being anyway!) my look at the RUC and accusations of collusion. However, as I write this more seeds of research into this topic are dropping into my inbox!
Nevertheless, this episode shifts from the early 1920s through to the recent Troubles, and via Ireland and Palestine. I sincerely hope you find something of interest and I remain grateful for any reviews / thoughts / feedback etc.
In the next episode I'll be looking at terrorism from a (possibly) different angle than the usual.
Works cited:
Sir John Shuckburgh at Middle Eat Committee, 5th meeting, 23 December 1921, CO 537 831.
Statement by A. C. M. Sir J. Salmond (Air Staff memo. No. 16, 1924. AIR 5 476
AOC Palestine to AOC Middle East (secret and personal), 5 September 1938. AIR 23 765.
GOC-in-C P/TJ to DMO&I, 20 November 1936. WO 106 2033
M. Begin, The Revolt, London 1951
Report by Sir Charles Wickham, 2 December 1946. CO 537 2269
M. J. Cohen, Palestine and the Great Powers 1945 - 1948, Princeton 1982
Seán William Gannon, The Irish Imperial Service: policing Palestine and administering the Empire, 1922–1966, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
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