The 'troubles' and related peace process in Northern Ireland have rarely been out of the news over the past thirty years. To understand the complex politics of the conflict we need to understand the history of the situation. Northern Ireland Since 1969 provides an accessible and comprehensive account of the history, key players and key moments, making it an essential introductory text for students trying to get to grip with the topic for the first time.

Publishers acknowledgements

Chronology

Whos who

Glossary

Maps

Part one Analysis and assessment

1 Perspectives on the Northern Ireland conflict

2 The outbreak of the Troubles

3 The power-sharing experiment, 197274

4 Searching for solutions, 197482

5 The Anglo-Irish Agreement 198385

6 The origins of the peace process, 198594

7 From ceasefire to the Good Friday Agreement, 199498

8 The endgame? Implementing the agreement, 19982010

9 Conclusion: the peace process and the future of Northern Ireland

Part two Documents

1 The Men Behind the Wire

2 A loyalist song

3 UK Cabinets sub-committee minutes

4 The death of Bernard McGuigan on Bloody Sunday

5 IRA training manual

6 The death of Jean McConville

7 Proposals of the SDLP

8 Green Paper on the future of Northern Ireland

9 A unionist view on the future of Northern Ireland

10 White Paper on Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals

11 Harold Wilsons Spongers Speech

12 IRA Staff Report

13 The Glover Report

14 Ian Paisley calls for the extermination of the IRA

15 The Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985

16 A unionist MP on the Anglo-Irish Agreement

17 The UDAs analysis of the conflict

18 John Hume criticises Sinn Féin

19 An SLDP view of republicans

20 Peter Brookes Whitbread Speech

21 The TUAS Document

22 Gerry Adams on demands for IRA decommissioning

23 The Mitchell Principles

24 Tony Blair reassures unionists

25 The Good Friday Agreement

26 The Alliance Party sets out its principles for a settlement

27 Loyalists clash: the DUP and the PUP

28 David Trimble on peacemaking, Nobel Peace Prize Speech

29 Tony Blairs Belfast Harbour Speech

30 Tony Blairs scepticism that the DUP want power-sharing

31 Ian Paisley declares he will not share power with republicans

Guide to further reading

References

Index

Paul Dixon is a Reader in Politics and International Studies at Kingston University. He is the author of Northern Ireland: The Politics of War and Peace (2nd edition, 2008).

Eamonn O'Kane is Senior Lecturer in Politics and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of Britain , Ireland and Northern Ireland Since 1980 (2007, paperback 2010).