As any student of Welsh history is keenly aware, the societal upheaval of the 1960s is inextricably intertwined with to the activities of the Movement for the Defence of Wales (Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, or MAC) and its two main protagonists, Owen Williams and John Jenkins. This book tells the story of the MAC’s remarkable campaign from its inception in 1963 to the establishment of the Welsh assembly in 1969, charting the clandestine extremist organization’s course through the struggle for Welsh independence and considering the sometimes difficult distinctions between patriotism and terrorism.
Table of Contents
Foreword
List of illustrations
1. Three-minute warning
2. ‘Cofiwn Dryweryn’ (We will remember Tryweryn)
3. The winkle-picker saboteurs
4. Tragedy
5. ‘I have a communiqué for Mr Humphries’
6. A declaration of war
7. Spooks and mandarins
8. Last post for the army
9. A meeting with MAC
10. Countdown
11. The Abergele Martyrs
12. The big day
13. Arrest and conviction
14. Freedom fighters or terrorists?
15. MAC3: the cottage arson campaign
16. The long road back
17. Hiraeth!
18. Drumbeat of Home Rule
Notes
Select Bibliography
Appendix A
Appendix B
Timeline
Index