Empire, Collusion, Terror and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1966-1998.

这项研究将是对串通作为英国在1966年至1998年动乱期间在北爱尔兰使用的反叛乱方法的一部分的历史调查。主要焦点将是英国政府与该省保皇派准军事团体的直接勾结，以及调查其他民族国家、组织和犯罪集团对民族主义和共和团体的勾结，或至少是秘密支持。第二个重点将考察英国殖民和帝国历史上国家串通的历史例子，建立与国家串通和北爱尔兰冲突的历史联系。这项研究将考察北爱尔兰国家行为者以及组织和个人以及准军事团体在这一盎格鲁-爱尔兰关系史上的关键时期之间的历史、政治和文化联系。这个项目不仅将有助于了解这一时期的现有知识，而且将代表着对北爱尔兰串通及其根源于大英帝国镇压叛乱方法的开创性、权威性和广泛的洞察。

This research will be an historical investigation into collusion as part of counterinsurgency methods used by Britain in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, 1966 - 1998. The main focus will be on direct collusion by the British Government with Loyalist paramilitary groups in the province as well as examining collusion, or at least covert support, of Nationalist and Republican groups by other nation states, organisations and criminal groups. The secondary focus will examine historical examples of collusion by the state throughout Britain's colonial and imperial history, establishing a historical connection with state collusion and the conflict in Northern Ireland. This research will examine the historical, political and cultural links between state actors as well as organisations and individuals and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during this key period in the history of Anglo-Irish relations. This project will not only contribute to the existing knowledge of the period but will represent a ground-breaking academic, authoritative and wide-ranging insight into collusion in Northern Ireland and its roots in British imperial counterinsurgency methods.