Irelands violent frontier the border and anglo irish relations during the troubles by henry patterson pp 248 basingstoke palgrave 2013 gbp5750 volume 39 issue 153 brian hanley. The iras ability to exploit the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland was central to the organisations capacity to wage its long war over a quarter of a century this book is the first to look at the role of the border in sustaining the provisionals and its central role in anglo irish relations throughout the troubles. This book is a good discussion of sectarian violence along the irish border during the northern ireland troubles with specific attention being paid to high politics between the british and irish governments if you believe the propaganda that the provisional ira is not a sectarian organisation then read this volume henry patterson is a former marxist ideologue who later grew up and became . 2014 henry patterson irelands violent frontier the border and anglo irish relations during the troubles democracy and security vol 10 no 2 pp 174 177. Irelands violent frontier the border and anglo irish relations during the troubles has been thoroughly well considered and assimilated by way of acute research thorough analyses thorough comprehensive and very readable irelands violent frontier is a most worthy addition to the current spate of literature being written on