TY - JOUR PY - 1992// TI - Career moves: Reflections on the Irish gunman JO - Studies in conflict and terrorism A1 - Bell, John Bowyer SP - 69 EP - 88 VL - 15 IS - 1 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 1057-610X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576109208435892 ID - ref1 ER -