Bandit Country - The IRA and South Armagh

Toby Harnden — journalist and former Royal Navy officer — discusses his book Bandit Country on the Provisional IRA's campaign in South Armagh, the most dangerous operational environment for British soldiers in Northern Ireland. The detail on helicopter-only movement, watchtower networks, and the IRA sniper threat captures the texture of a low-intensity conflict where conventional military superiority counted for surprisingly little. Strong on the insurgency's operational mechanics.