How the Troubles came to Northern Ireland
By: Peter Rose.
Edition: 1st Paperback.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Wilson, Harold, -- Sir, -- 1916- -- Views on Ireland.; Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History.; Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland.; Northern Ireland -- History.
Description: "In How the Troubles Came to Northern Ireland Peter Rose argues that if Harold Wilson's government in the late sixties had pursued a different policy the province might have been spared The Troubles. Wilson had promised the Catholics that they would be granted their civil rights. However, new evidence suggests that Westminster was deliberately gagged to prevent MPs demanding that the Stormont administration end discrimination in the province. Had the government acted on intelligence of growing Catholic unrest, it could have prevented the rise of the Provisional IRA without provoking an unmanageable Protestant backlash."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204--208) and index.