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The long war : the IRA and Sinn Féin / Brendan O'Brien.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Brendan.
- Series:
- Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Irish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Republican Army--History.
- Irish Republican Army.
- Sinn Fein--History.
- Sinn Fein.
- Political violence--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Political violence.
- History, Military.
- History.
- Ireland.
- Political violence--Northern Ireland--History.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1949-.
- Politics and government.
- Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1968-1998.
- Northern Ireland.
- Ireland--History, Military--20th century.
- Northern Ireland--History, Military.
- Physical Description:
- 445 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- A detailed, accurate, objective and lively account of the modern IRA and Sinn Fein movements, from the first stirrings of the contemporary armed struggle through to the Good Friday Agreement and after. The book examines Republican policies and activities, and provides a fascinating account of the long, arduous road from arms to politics. It outlines the role of all major players -- Adams, McGuinness, O Bradaigh, Thatcher, Major, Kennedy, Hume, Haughey, Blair, Clinton. It also includes interviews with a wide range of Republican men and women in their strongholds.
- Contents:
- Part I Understanding the Conflict
- Chapter 1 The Unfinished Business 19
- Chapter 2 In the Heartlands I - Belfast 30
- Chapter 3 In the Heartlands II - Derry, Fermanagh, South Armagh 51
- Chapter 4 British and Proud of It 81
- Part II Charting the Change
- Chapter 5 The Coming of the Northerners 103
- Chapter 6 Going Slightly Constitutional 118
- Chapter 7 The Libyan Connection 133
- Chapter 8 Sickening the British 154
- Part III Into the Nineties
- Chapter 9 Ballot and Bullet 195
- Chapter 10 A Door Is Opened 209
- Chapter 11 Moving into Dialogue 224
- Chapter 12 Constitutional Stalemate 240
- Chapter 13 Towards the Endgame 263
- Chapter 14 Their Hand Is Forced 286
- Chapter 15 The Long Stages of Peace 325
- Chapter 16 'Back to Porridge': The Cessation Collapses 346
- Chapter 17 Return to Peace: The Good Friday Agreement 365
- 1 Extracts from the Green Book, IRA training manual
- 2 IRA General Army Orders
- 3 Towards a Lasting Peace in Ireland, Sinn Fein document
- 4 Irish Government document presented at 1992 political talks
- 5 British Government statement at Strand Two talks, 1992
- 6 Proposals for a Settlement - a republican document, 1993
- 7 Joint Declaration, 1993
- 8 Letter from IRA Army Council to the Irish Government via Intermediaries, April 1993
- 9 Hume-Adams Document or 'Irish Peace Initiative', 1992/3
- 10 The Belfast Agreement, 10 April 1998 (Good Friday) - Extracts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-400) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815605978
- OCLC:
- 40891080
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