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

in 1969 Northern Ireland are from John
Soule’s “Problems in Applying
Counterterrorism to Prevent Terrorism:
Two Decades of Violence in Northern
Ireland Reconsidered,” Terrorism 12
(1989): 33.
The account of when General
Freeland descended on the Lower Falls
is told by Seán MacStiofáin in Seán Óg
Ó Fearghaíl’s Law (?) and Orders: The
Story of the Belfast Curfew (Central
Citizens’ Defense Committee, 1970).
The details about Patrick Elliman’s
death appear on page 14. A good source
on the curfew is Taylor’s Provos. The
detail about the man in his pajamas
comes from Nicky Curtis, Faith and
Duty: The True Story of a Soldier’s