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).