David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

(Harper Collins, 1973), page 50.
Freeland and the officials and journalists
being likened to “the British Raj on a
tiger hunt” is from Peter Taylor, Provos:
The IRA and Sinn Fein (Bloomsbury,
1998), page 83.
Seán MacStiofáin’s quote about
revolutions being caused by the stupidity
and brutality of governments appears in
Richard English, Armed Struggle: The
History of the IRA (Oxford University
Press, 2003), page 134.
The principle of legitimacy has been
articulated by a number of scholars, but
three deserve special mention: Tom
Tyler, author of Why People Obey the
Law (Princeton University Press, 2006);
David Kennedy, author of Deterrence