American policy and Northern Ireland
Subtitle: a saga of peacebuilding
By: Joseph E. Thompson.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780275965174
Subjects: Irish Americans -- Politics and government.; Peace-building -- Northern Ireland.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Northern Ireland.; Northern Ireland -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1969-1994.; Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.
Table of contents: title: Irish in America; title: Policy of least resistance : the Nixon years (1969-August 1974); title: Awakening giant : the Ford years (August 1974-1976); title: Humanitarian touchstone : the Carter years (1977-1980); title: New policy direction : the first Reagan administration (1981-1984); title: Policy of accommodation ; the second Reagan administration (1985-1988); title: Commitment to continuity : the Bush years (1989-1992); title: Peace process : the first Clinton administration (1993-1996); title: Brinkmanship : the second Clinton administration (1997-2000); title: Appendix: U.S. Foreign Service officers in Belfast, 1796-2000.