Making sense of the troubles
Subtitle: the story of the conflict in Northern Ireland
By: David McKittrick and David McVea.
Contributors: McVea, David.
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Political violence -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- 20th century.; Social conflict -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- 20th century.; Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Social conflict -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Northern Ireland -- History.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History.
Other titles: Troubles
Description: "Compellingly written and completely even-handed, this is by far the clearest account of what happened in the Northern Ireland conflict - and why." "The Troubles in Northern Ireland rolled grimly on for almost thirty years from the late 1960s until the onset of the current shaky peace process. In that time, the conflict never strayed far off the news schedules of the world's media. Thousands of books, articles and theses were published, dissecting every possible aspect of the problem and making it the most researched civil conflict in history." "But behind the wall of information and opinion there is a straightforward and gripping story, demanding to be told in an accessible way."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes "bibliographical notes" (p. [338]-339) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The static society 1; title: 1921-63; title: 2 The O'Neill years 26; title: 1963-69; title: 3 Descent into violence 53; title: 1969-71; title: 4 The end of Stormont 76; title: 1972-73; title: 5 Sunningdale, strike & stalemate 98; title: 1974-76; title: 6 From Castlereagh to Warrenpoint 118; title: 1977-79; title: 7 The hungerstrikes 134; title: 1980-81; title: 8 Anglo-Irish accord 149; title: 1982-85; title: 9 Enniskillen, Libya & bombs in England 167; title: 1986-93; title: 10 Peace process 184; title: 1993-94; title: 11 Decommissioning, Docklands & Drumcree 200; title: 1994-96; title: 12 Breakthrough 214; title: 1997-2001.