Violent Politics
Subtitle: Strategies of Internal Conflict
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: June 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780333730850
Subjects: British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; British Isles; International Relations - General; Military - General; Political Science / International Relations; History; Ireland; Northern Ireland; Political violence; Terrorism
Description: "Violent politcs in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the results of the counter-measures used. The conclusions are disturbing. The recommendations are controversial, but difficult to escape. Politics is one method of solving conflicts. War is another. Violent politcs - lying in the zone between peace and war - is a third, used increasingly to trump conventional politics. Michael Addison, soldier and scholar, explores the history and myths of terrorism he describes the search for causes and solutions he identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter strategies. In particular, he challenges conventional thinking on thirty-three years of conflict in Northern Ireland, through battle, tribal warfare, stalemate then peace process. With thousands dead, tens of thousands injured or maimed and bilions spent, Violent Politics asks: Could the people of Northern Ireland have been better served? Should the Peace Process fail, what next?" -- Publisher's information.