State collusion with Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland 1968-98

这项研究将探索1968-98年冲突期间北爱尔兰安全部队和保皇派准军事组织之间的勾结。它将考虑通过殖民反叛乱经验制定的反叛乱战略的重要性，并将解决一个有争议的问题，即串通是高级政客心照不宣的广泛战略的一部分，还是安全部队内部少数“坏苹果”行动的结果。它将使用来自档案、二手资料来源和采访的文件，对信息进行三角测量，以调查个人行为和正式阴谋之间的复杂灰色地带。

This research will explore collusion between the security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland during the 1968-98 conflict. It will consider the significance of counterinsurgency strategies developed through experience of colonial counterinsurgency, and will address the controversial question of whether collusion was part of a widespread strategy tacitly approved by senior politicians, or the result of the actions of a few 'bad apples' within the security forces. Using documents from archives, secondary sources, and interviews, it will triangulate information to investigate the complex grey area between individual actions and formal conspiracy.