Hands off Wales  
Published by The Books Council of Wales
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ISBN: 9781800992320
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This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing that it was fuelled by both the contentious flooding of Cwm Tryweryn and the failure of Plaid Cymru to prevent the valley's drowning via constitutional means.
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This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing that it was fuelled by both the contentious flooding of Cwm Tryweryn and the failure of Plaid Cymru to prevent the valley's drowning via constitutional means.
Table of contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • chapter 1
    • ‘Pathological and pathetic fixation...’
    • Cwm Tryweryn is flooded
  • chapter 2
    • ‘Liverpool – Hands off Wales’
    • MAC emerge and Llyn Celyn is opened
  • chapter 3
    • Fantasists, fanatics and kamikaze corgis:
    • John Jenkins seizes control of MAC
  • chapter 4
    • Peace talks aboard a coracle:
    • the campaign of violence increases, as the FWA’s downfall is assured
  • chapter 5
    • ‘A menace to everyone’
    • MAC and the Investiture
  • The Militant Campaign’s Historical Legacy
  • Appendices
  • Biographical Register
  • Timeline
  • Bibliography
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