Northern Ireland - The Fragile Peace

The complete history of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to Brexit "A wonderful book, beautifully written. . . . Informative and incisive."-Irish Times   After two decades of relative peace following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the Brexit referendum in 2016 reopened the Northern Ireland question. In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane considers the region's troubled history from the struggle for Irish independence in the nineteenth century to the present. New chapters explain the reasons for the suspension of devolved government at Stormont in 2017 and its restoration in 2020 as well as the consequences for Northern Ireland of Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Providing a complete account of the province's hundred-year history, this book is essential reading to understand the present dimensions of the Northern Irish conflict.

About the author

Feargal Cochrane is emeritus professor of international conflict analysis and senior research fellow at the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent. He is the author of Breaking Peace and Migration and Security in the Global Age​, and coauthor of Mediating Power-Sharing.

Product details

• Authors: Feargal Cochrane, Cochrane Feargal
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780300205527
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20552-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, Northern Ireland, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history