
@article{ref1,
title="Career moves: Reflections on the Irish gunman",
journal="Studies in conflict and terrorism",
year="1992",
author="Bell, John Bowyer",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="69-88",
abstract="The article, based on a generation of contacts with the militant Irish republican movement in general and the Provisional IRA in particular, focuses on: who becomes a gunman and why; who is chosen as a gunman by the leadership and why; what are the characteristics of an active service volunteer; what and who make a good gunman and why--the virtues, characteristics, and craft of the contemporary Irish gunmen; and the result of a gunman's career for the movement, the opposition, and the individual.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1057-610X",
doi="10.1080/10576109208435892",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576109208435892"
}