section_path: Political views/Physical-force Irish republicanism
section_name: Physical-force Irish republicanism
paragraph_text: Physical-force Irish republicanism
  
  Martin, citing Jon Boutcher of Operation Kenova, Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, and Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll says he believes the Troubles was a "futile war" in which the Provisional IRA did "more damage to their own people" than otherwise. Martin has said that period of history should never be "triumphalised" and those born after the conflict should not be led to believe there was any glory in it. Martin also attributes the Troubles as a major contributor to the economic depression felt in Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s.