Appropriate for undergraduate students in Irish/Northern Ireland Politics, this book combines an examination of the historical context of the Northern Ireland conflict with an examination of the contemporary political situation and the peace process. It explores the issues behind the longevity of the conflict, and provides a detailed analysis of the attempts to create a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. *This is the first textbook to address the political situation in light of recent developments relating to the 1990's peace process and the recent return to violence - making this the most up-to-date book available on the subject. *Debate and analysis will sit alongside historical and ideological description - allowing the student to develop the analytical tools necessary to analyse and understand a complex and contentious topic.
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In this meticulously reported book--as finely paced as a novel--Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
A History of Northern Ireland
This book assesses Northern Ireland's contribution to the war effort—its industrial production, its use as a base and training center for British and American troops, its strategic importance in the Battle of the Atlantic and the ...
Mair, P., 242 Major, J., 52,318, 319, 330, 332, 333, 349 Mallie, E., 24, 32 Mallon, S., 241, 250 Mandel, M., 149 Mansergh, N., 121, 122 Marshall, G., 134 Marx, K., 54 Mary Stuart, 68 Mary Tudor, 64 Mason, R., 184, 202, 208–9 Maudling, ...
... 112, 146–7, 191–4, 197–8 Williams, Betty 80 Williams, R. 114 n.25 Wilson, David A. 427 n.m Wilson, Harold 54–5 Wilson, Sir Henry 305, 367b Wilson, Sammy 15 Wilson, Woodrow 330–1, 338–9 Wolf, Nicholas M. 424 n.w Wood, Charles 249–50, ...
Smyth, Jim (1998). The Men of No Property: Irish Radicals and Popular Politics in the Late Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Smyth, Jim (2001). The Making of the United Kingdom, 1660–1800. London: Pearson Education.
Northern Ireland: The Background to the Conflict
This is a bold and timely analysis of the conflict in Northern Ireland, offering a comprehensive, up-to-date and constructively critical evaluation of the massive outpouring of literature on the subject.