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Hard Rain

Hard Rain - Paperback

by David Mb Brown
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Mb BrownTheme:Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:7/13/2026Pages:360
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hybrid Global PublishingISBN-13:9781967598335ISBN-10:1967598339UPC:9781967598335Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SCKTGY2FKD

The story in Hard Rain is based on my own experiences and that of others. Stories heard and stories told. It is written in a fictional form based on a central character who in real life was a combination of several people I either served with or knew of. The period the book covers was probably the most violent time in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1972. It was a time when two communities changed from living peacefully side by side into two warring camps.

The terrorist organization of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) which had existed since the 1920's took full advantage of the civil unrest and turned it into a brutal war of terror, with little regard for who was killed by their bombs and bullets. They maintained a bloody control over the Catholic communities where they chose to hide. Beatings, kneecappings (shooting a person in the knee) or worse, using an electric drill. If that didn't keep people in line then a night time knock on the door and a bullet through the head would follow. This was the enemy the security forces faced and defeated.

The courage of the people of Northern Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant always amazed me and I admired them greatly.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hybrid Global PublishingISBN-13:9781967598335ISBN-10:1967598339UPC:9781967598335Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SCKTGY2FKD
Brown, David Mb: - David served in the British Army for almost forty years, joining when he was just 15 years old as an Infantry Junior Leader. He was commissioned from the ranks and finally left the Army at the age of 55 with the rank of Major.As a young soldier he saw combat in the Middle East in 1964/5. In 1969 and 1976 he completed various tours of duty during the terrorist war in Northern Ireland. On leaving the army he became a professional mountaineering instructor. He now lives in Spain where he spends time writing, producing a quarterly magazine called The Rock and playing golf (badly!)
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