IRA Internments and the Irish Government
Subversives and the State, 1939-1962

Examines a neglected period in the history of the IRA and looks at the acceptability and success of internment as an expedient in the Irish government's struggle with republican subversive organisations during the Second World War and the border campaign. This book looks at the reasons for the subsequent drift away from the use of this measure.

The book considers the overall impact of the Lawless Case in influencing the future direction of Irish counter-insurgency policy and the subsequent drift away from the use of internment as an acceptable expedient in the State's ongoing struggle with subversives.