There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

by Rory Carroll

Over dinner, Mountbatten spoke of plans for his funeral—a favorite topic. To ensure appropriate magnificence, he had written an eight-page outline with a four-page appendix, detailing the number of honor guards, the royal banners, the VIP guests, and all the other pomp. He regularly updated it.

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They viewed violence as a legitimate response because if the state broke the law, then there was no law.

Streets in Tehran, Tripoli, and Le Mans were named after Sands.

The attack itself, however, impressed the Libyan leader very much. With his own reasons to loathe Thatcher, Gaddafi pondered a dramatic move. He was considering sending the IRA enough explosives for a thousand Brightons.