Death in Derry: Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA's War Against the British

‘I was in the Army over thirty years and Derry was the most resentful place I ever served, even the dogs hated us.’

When civil rights protests in the 1960s gave way to armed struggle, the Provisional IRA in Derry – both city and county – led the fight against the British security forces. In the city Martin McGuinness – a young butcher’s assistant from the Bogside – quickly rose through the ranks, launching a bombing campaign that reduced the city centre to rubble. In tandem, the IRA’s active...