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On Bloody Sunday, a new history of the day and its aftermath by those who were there, Julieann Campbell

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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On Bloody Sunday

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Julieann Campbell

a new history of the day and its aftermath by those who were there

"In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'. The events occurred in broad daylight and in the full glare of the press. Within hours, the British military informed the world that they had won an 'IRA gun battle'. This became the official narrative for decades until a family-led campaign instigated one of the most complex inquiries in history. In 2010, the victims of Bloody Sunday were fully exonerated when Lord Saville found that the majority of the victims were either shot in the back as they ran away or were helping someone in need. The report made headlines all over the world. While many buried the trauma of that day, historian and campaigner Juliann Campbell - whose teenage uncle was the first to be killed that day - felt the need to keep recording these interviews, and collecting rare and unpublished accounts, aware of just how precious they were. Fifty years on, in this book, survivors, relatives, eyewitnesses and politicians, shine a light on the events of Bloody Sunday, together, for the first time"--, Publisher's description

Machine generated contents note:, 1., Rising for Civil Rights, 2., Police Attack at Duke Street, 1968, 3., `You Are Now Entering Free Derry', 4., The Battle of the Bogside, 5., Ordinary Lives, 6., Imprisonment Without Trial, 1971, 7., Murder in Ballymurphy, 8., `Measures to Control Marches', 9., Scenes at Magilligan Strand, 1972, 10., Army Plans and IRA Assurances, 11., The Day Before, 12., Sunday Morning, 13., Setting Off from Bishop's Field, 14., Snipers in William Street, 15., The Breakaway Riot, 16., Shots Fired at the Waste Ground, 17., `The paratroops want to go in', 18., Advance into Rossville Street, 19., The First Fatality, 20., Targets on Rossville Street, 21., At the Rubble Barricade, 22., In the Square and Abbey Park, 23., The Final Shots, 24., Aftermath, 25., Word Spreads, 26., The Morgue, 27., A Cover-Up Begins, 28., The Next Morning, 29., Seven Priests Accuse, 30., The Wakes, 31., Nail Bombs and Hate Mail, 32., The Funerals, 33., The Widgery Tribunal, 34., The Whitewash, 35., Summer 1972, 36., Decades, 37., Igniting Embers, 38., Enough New Evidence, 39., The Second Inquiry, 40., `Innocent!'

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On Bloody Sunday, 30.1.197230.1.1972