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100	1		_aHEARTY Kevin
245			_aFish swimming in denial: _bnon-state armed groups, "propaganda wars", and "performing" peace processes/ _cKevin Hearty
260			_c2022
520			_aUsing the case study of statements of denial issued by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) over an extended 35-year period, this article critically examines how non-state armed groups (NSAGs) use statements of denial when engaging with various audiences across time and space. It posits that these statements are an integral part of how NSAGs communicate with different audiences during their armed campaigns, and subsequently during the process of transitioning out of political violence. At the same time that these statements feed into the macro-level "propaganda war" between the NSAG and the state, this article maintains that they also reflect the complex intimate relationship between NSAGs and the communities from which they emerge. Arguing that statements of denial help NSAGs to favourably frame how the conduct of its campaign, the character of its members and its internal cohesion are understood by proximate and distant audiences, the article tracks the qualitative changes to IRA statements that would eventually become a key component in the performance of the peace process by the late 1990s.
650			_aPOLITICAL VIOLENCE
650			_aPROPAGANDA
650			_aPEACE PROCESSES
650			_aDENIAL
773			_aCritical Studies on Terrorism: _gVol 15, No 2, June 2022, pp. 311-332 (112)
598			_aTERRORISM, POLITICS
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17539153.2022.2038210 _zClick here for full text
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