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

本研究将对共谋作为英国在1966 - 1998年北爱尔兰动乱期间使用的平叛方法的一部分进行历史调查。调查的重点将是英国政府与该省保皇派准军事组织的直接勾结，以及其他民族国家、组织和犯罪集团对国民党和共和党组织的勾结，或至少是秘密支持。次要的重点将研究在英国的殖民和帝国历史中国家勾结的历史例子，建立与国家勾结和北爱尔兰冲突的历史联系。这项研究将研究历史，政治和文化之间的国家行为者以及组织和个人和准军事团体在北爱尔兰在盎格鲁-爱尔兰关系史上这一关键时期的联系。这个项目不仅将对这一时期的现有知识有所贡献，而且将代表一个开创性的学术，权威和广泛的洞察北爱尔兰的勾结及其根源于大英帝国的反叛乱方法。

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.