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Hands off Wales: Nationhood and Militancy
by Wyn Thomas
Y Lolfa £19.99
WHEN I mentioned to my Welsh partner that I was reviewing a book about how Welsh nationalists violently opposed the flooding of the Tryweryn valley in the 1960s to make a reservoir, she shouted “Liverpool! Get your hands off our water!”
While she was joking — I think — the people and organisations described in detail by Wyn Thomas certainly weren’t. Behind the campaign lay a strongly held sense that England had not only sought to suppress Welsh nationhood, but was now also stealing Welsh resources like water, land and homes.
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