Murray, Fr Raymond. “Hunt for an Alternative.” Fortnight, no. 316 (1993): 32–33. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25553959.

This source from the later years of the troubles, describes the make up of the RUC, that being, overwhelming protestant, and uninviting and unhelpful to the significant catholic population. It describes this as a major issue, suggesting the police will not be effective, nor have a good reputation, until they grow to better reflect the populations they serve. In effect, there need to be more Catholic police officers, more Irish police officers, especially for the areas with majority Catholic populations. And without such a change, the image of the RUC, and the situation are unlikely to improve.

Dochartaigh, Niall Ó. “‘Everyone Trying’, the IRA Ceasefire, 1975: A Missed Opportunity for Peace?” Field Day Review 7 (2011): 50–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41411794.

This chapter details the complex political situation, and faction relations, around the time of the 1975 ceasefire. The IRA, the Republic, the British, the Loyalists and Unionists, and what and how they were moving and trying to achieve at that time. Though specific to this event, it is a great source for better understanding the complex relations between these multiple factions, who were not so neatly aligned along 2 sides as would be easy to assume.

Mark McGovern. 2019. Counterinsurgency and Collusion in Northern Ireland. London: Pluto Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2086599&site=eds-live&scope=site.

A book that is, not to degrade its content, expose like. Digging into the dirtier things that the British Army did during the Troubles. Mostly, how it ‘colluded’ with Loyalist para-military groups, and acted along sectarian lines of its own accord, rather then being a more neutral force. This will prove very useful for discussing Military-Loyalist/Unionist relations, and the controversial nature of the British Army’s involvement in the conflict.

Rafferty, Oliver P. “Northern Catholics and the Early Years of the Troubles.” In Irish Catholic Identities, edited by OLIVER P. RAFFERTY, 345–61. Manchester University Press, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18mbf11.26.