Northern Ireland Conflict - A Beginner''s Guide

Informationen zum Autor Dr Aaron Edwards is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is the author of A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. Dr Cillian McGrattan is IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for British-Irish Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland. Klappentext The Northern Ireland conflict was one of the most bloody, protracted, and bitter campaigns of terrorist violence in modern history. Rooted in the partition of Ireland in 1921, over 50,000 people were killed or seriously injured because of the hostilities between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists. Despite the landmark Good Friday Agreement in 1998, violent incidents are still rife and new paramilitary groups are becoming ever more emboldened. This landmark introduction uses the latest archival material to chart the history of ¿The Troubles¿ and to examine the possible factors behind the political compromise of Sinn Fein and the DUP. Exploring the legacy of sectarian violence and inconsistent British intervention, the authors assert that, unfortunately, Northern Ireland is perhaps as fiercely segregated as ever. Zusammenfassung The Northern Ireland conflict is the most protracted campaign of terrorist violence in modern history. Despite decommissioning and political compromise! violent incidents are still rife and Unionists and Nationalists are as segregated as ever. This book uses the archival material to chart the history of The Troubles and examine their legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Edwards, Aaron Mcgrattan Edwards, Edwards Aaron, Cillian Mcgrattan, McGrattan Cillian
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2010
• EAN: 9781851687299
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-729-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Northern Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Terrorism, armed struggle, British & Irish history