David A. Charters is a retired professor of military history at the University of New Brunswick.

"Whose Mission, Whose Orders? is well-written and researched, and addresses important questions about state-military responsibility in the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The author is clear in his explanation and the book is coherent and "Whose Mission, Whose Orders? provides great insight into the decision-making process during a key time in Northern Ireland history." Tony Novosel, University of Pittsburgh "Charters examines in rigorous and painstaking detail the evolution and daily working of the civil-military relationship under both Labour and Conservative governments as they grappled with the unravelling of civil order in Northern Ireland. The chronolog "Charters challenges the previous historiography, championed by Peter Neumann in Britain's Long War (2003), which argues that politics and the military were less intertwined. Sir Frank Cooper, a former deputy undersecretary at the MOD and later permanent

David A. Charters is a retired professor of military history at the University of New Brunswick.

"Whose Mission, Whose Orders? is well-written and researched, and addresses important questions about state-military responsibility in the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The author is clear in his explanation and the book is coherent and "Whose Mission, Whose Orders? provides great insight into the decision-making process during a key time in Northern Ireland history." Tony Novosel, University of Pittsburgh "Charters examines in rigorous and painstaking detail the evolution and daily working of the civil-military relationship under both Labour and Conservative governments as they grappled with the unravelling of civil order in Northern Ireland. The chronolog "Charters challenges the previous historiography, championed by Peter Neumann in Britain's Long War (2003), which argues that politics and the military were less intertwined. Sir Frank Cooper, a former deputy undersecretary at the MOD and later permanent