Definitive account of the cultural and political impact on Wales of the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. The failure of the nation to block the move politically led to increased Welsh national consciousness and to a period of militant activism which eventually led to the process of devolution. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
This paperback edition of Hands Off Wales addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969. It demonstrates that the unprecedented period of violence was fueled by both the contentious flooding of Cwm Tryweryn and, crucially, the failure of Plaid Cymru to prevent the valley's drowning through constitutional means.