Explain J. Bowyer Bell's belief that the reason for IRA impotence can be found in the second generation
What will be an ideal response?
• Wanting to follow in the footsteps of their forebears, the Provisionals began to wage a campaign against the RUC in Northern Ireland in the late 1950s.
• They established support bases in the republic and slipped across the border for terrorist activities.
• Although the Provisionals initially enjoyed support among Republican enclaves in the North, most Irish people, Unionists and Republicans alike, were appalled by IRA violence.
• Even the Official IRA—the segment embracing a socialist ideology—criticized the military attacks of the Provisionals.
• Faced with a lack of public support, the Provisional IRA called off its offensive in the North.
• By 1962 almost all of its activities had ceased.
• Some Provisionals joined the civil rights movement; others rejoined former colleagues in the Official wing.
• Most members, however, remained in a secret infrastructure and hoping events would restore their ranks and prestige.
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a. True b. False
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