Something has gone wrong : dealing with the Brighton bomb / Steve Ramsey.
By: Ramsey, Steve [author.]
Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2018Description: x, 230 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785903366 Subject(s): Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher, 1925-2013 -- Assassination attempt, 1984 | Provisional IRA | Terrorism -- England -- Brighton -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997DDC classification: 363.3250942256 Summary: On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton's Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference. While the bombing was deplorable, the story of how people reacted to it is an inspiring one. People refused to be beaten by what had happened; they got on with their jobs and their lives - a theme with, sadly, a strong resonance in present-day Britain. In Something Has Gone Wrong, Brighton journalist Steve Ramsey speaks to those who were there on the day and involved in its aftermath, many of whom have never spoken publicly about it before. His interviewees include: firemen who worked on the long rescue operation; medics from the local hospital; police officers who rushed to the scene; detectives who played key roles in the criminal investigation; and cabinet ministers and high-ranking civil servants, who describe how the conference continued and how the government pursued business as usual.
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| 363.325094 BAK The European Union's fight against terrorism : | 363.32509416 MCK Bear in mind these dead / | 363.32509416 WAR War on terror : | 363.3250942256 RAM Something has gone wrong : dealing with the Brighton bomb / | 363.3250944 KEP Terror in France : | 363.3250944 ROY Jihad and death : | 363.32509533 JOH The last refuge : |
On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton's Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference. While the bombing was deplorable, the story of how people reacted to it is an inspiring one. People refused to be beaten by what had happened; they got on with their jobs and their lives - a theme with, sadly, a strong resonance in present-day Britain. In Something Has Gone Wrong, Brighton journalist Steve Ramsey speaks to those who were there on the day and involved in its aftermath, many of whom have never spoken publicly about it before. His interviewees include: firemen who worked on the long rescue operation; medics from the local hospital; police officers who rushed to the scene; detectives who played key roles in the criminal investigation; and cabinet ministers and high-ranking civil servants, who describe how the conference continued and how the government pursued business as usual.