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Preface: In 1971 I read Tom Critchley's moving account of Britain's transition from a violent to a non-violent society, The Conquest of Violence (Constable, 1970). As I digested it I realized that the British record of non-violence, as indicated by the figures I have given in Chapter I, was almost beyond belief. I have spent over half my working life overseas, mainly in countries where there was either a war or some other form of political violence in progress, and each time I returned to Britain I was conscious of coming back to a more peaceful society, but I had never appreciated just how peaceful it was. Sadly, however, I feel less sure now than I ever did that this will continue, and I decided to study why it has been so, and how it is being threatened - in an international setting. In Part I I have tried to account for the phenomenon in Britain itself, both historically and now. In Part II I have looked across to Northern Ireland to see things have been so different there. In Part III I have examined the spread of dissent and violence, both in Britain and elsewhere; the methods used by international revolutionary and guerilla movements; and the internal sources of conflict - notably in industry and in the universities. In Part IV I have tried to assess the prospects for Britain, not only of greater violence but of the threat, perhaps even more hideous, of a backlash against it. My theme is that, until now, British society has been non-violent because social change, accelerated by the constant prodding of peaceful protest, has been fast enough to avoid the exasperation which leads to violence, but that there are signs that social change today is no longer fast enough to keep pace with other change. If that is so, with the injection, already apparent, of the virus of international violence, the British record may be smashed. It is sobering to think that several times in Northern Ireland more people have been killed in a single day by political violence than in nearly one and a half centuries in Great Britain. Tomorrow could also be such a day, in London, Liverpool, Cardiff or Glasgow. I have talked to many people in writing this book: to policemen and soldiers; to a large number of people in Northern Ireland who will wish to be nameless; to revolutionaries and members of pressure groups, who will wish the same; to students and dons; to trade union officials an members; and to other writers in the same field, notably Tom Critchley and Robert Moss, whose Urban Guerrillas (Temple Smith, 1972) is a classic, especially on Latin America. I am grateful to them all, but i know that none of them will agree with all that I say, and some, perhaps, with none of it. I am also grateful to Miss Bernadette Devlin and Andre Deutsch Ltd. for permission to quote from her book, The price of my soul; to The Guardian for the extract on page 97, and to the Observer for the extract on page 182. (Exeter, November 1972 - Richard Clutterbuck)… (más)
 
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It is Dr. Clutterbuck`s military background which gives to his book a directness and clarity in refreshing contrast to the trendy, pretentious jargon which is too often seen in books which publishers pour forth about the media...This is an important and controversial book... (and it) deserves to be read and studied, not only by everyone with responsibility in the media and in politics, but by everyone (and this must mean most of us) who is concerned about the increasing threat to the peace and stability of our democracy from political violence of one degree or another" - Sir Robin Day
How far were the media to blame for the riots in our inner cities in 1981 and 1982? Did they help to create the tensions which caused the explosions? Were the subsequent 'copycat riots' an inevitable consequence of having a free press or were they the result of irresponsible reporting? To what extent are riots and demonstrations specifically staged to attract publicity? Or to provoke or discredit the police? And do the media wittingly or unwittingly contribute to these aims? Are the media biased against the trade unions? Should the media broadcast interviews with terrorists? How have they influenced events in Northern Ireland? Have they unnecessarily put lives at risk in their coverage of kidnap and hostage situations? Should the journalistic profession enforce its own standards, as the medical and legal professions do or should Parliament take action? If so, how could this to be done without inhibiting free investigative reporting which, Dr. Clutterbuck says, is the only effective safeguard against corruption and abuse of power, and has been a vital ingredient in the survival of liberal democracy? These are some of the questions he tackles in this book, mainly through vivid case studies of actual events. He also offers some practical advice on how to live with the media.
Richard Clutterbuck teaches international politics at the University of Exeter, where he also runs a unique course on political violence. He was formerly a Major-General in the Army and was a member of the BBC General Advisory Council from 1975 to 1981. He has himself taken part in some 200 radio and television programmes. He has written nine books, including Living with terrorism, Guerrillas and terrorists, Kidnap and Ransom and Britain in Agony.
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