Bloody Sunday in Derry : What Really Happened
Mix of the stories of those who were killed by British paratroopers and events leading up to the massacre, taking apart the Widgery report, then analysis of how this is part of a wider strategy to maintain the status quo at the top of British society. The personal stories are all a few pages long being accounts by relatives or close friends. What comes out here is the long lasting effects that the deaths had on close family but also that any anger is directed against the British state rather than individual soldiers who killed unarmed and often fleeing people. The chapters about the lead up are very interesting and then detail as to why the initial official investigation (Widgery) was so flawed and a whitewash. This edition was published in 2000 just as the follow up inquiry (Saville) had started which then led to an overturning of the Widgery findings and an apology by the British government.
