The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain : impacts, engagements, legacies and memories / edited by Graham Dawson, Jo Dover and Stephen Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dawson, Graham, 1956- editor.

Dover, Jo, editor.

Hopkins, Stephen, 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.

Northern Ireland.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-1997.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 369 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2016]

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Investigating the history of responses to, engagements with and memories of the Northern Irish conflict in Britain, this title explores the lessons to be learned from post-conflict efforts to 'deal with the past' in Northern Ireland and providing a starting point for wider academic and public debate in Britain on the significance of this history.

Contents:

Introduction: The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: impacts, engagements, legacies and memories / Graham Dawson and Stephen Hopkins

Part I: Perspectives from the British State, politics and the military

1 'The truth, the whole truth...': some British political and military memoirs of the Troubles / 4$r John Newsinger

2 'I got shot through the head with an Armalite round' / Ted Aubertin

3 'A real stirring in the nation': military families, British public opinion and withdrawal from Northern Ireland / Paul Dixon

4 The memoir writing of the Wilson and Callaghan governments: the Labour Party and constitutional policy in Northern Ireland / Stephen Hopkins

5 British questions / Geoffrey Bell

6'The coach never arrived back at its destination' / Jenny McMahon

7 Serving in troubled times: British military personnel's memories and accounts of service in Northern Ireland / K. Neil Jenkings and Rachel Woodward

Part II: Anti-state activisms

8 Something in the air: the rise of the Troops Out Movement / Aly Renwick

9 Memories of Sinn Féin Britain, 1975–85 / Susan O'Halloran

10 Policing the Irish community in Britain / Nadine Finch

11 ‘Not our cup of tea’: Irish and British feminist encounters in London during the Troubles / Ann Rossiter

12 Political delegations of women from Britain to the North of Ireland and the campaign against strip searching in the1980s / Di Parkin

Part III: Culture and representation of the Troubles

13 ‘Every man an emperor’: the British press, Bloody Sunday and the image of the British Army / Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker

14 Suspect stories: William Trevor’s portrayals of the Irish in London during the Troubles / Tony Murray

15 Writing as survival / Maude Casey

16 The ‘oxygen of publicity’ and the suffocation of censorship: national newspaper representations of the British broadcasting ban (1988–94) / Max Pettigrew

17 ‘The Troubles we’ve seen’: film, television drama and the Northern Irish conflict in Britain / John Hill

Part IV: Memory, peace building and 'dealing with the past'

18 Responding to the IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain: the case of Warrington / Lesley Lelourec

19 ‘There’s no way out but through’ / Annie Bowman

20 The Birmingham pub bombings, the Irish as a ‘suspect community’ and the memories of the O’Reilly family / Laura O'Reilly

21 ‘Truth recovery’ and the role of the security forces in the Northern Ireland Troubles / Aaron Edwards

22 Commemorating bonds of Union: remembering the Ulster Special Constabulary at the National Memorial Arboretum / L. J. Armstrong

23 ‘I’d find a way to contribute to peace’ / Jo Berry

24 Performance practices and conflict resolution: Jo Berry and Patrick Magee’s Facing the Enemy / Verity Combe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526108494

9781526108500

1526108496

9781526120809

1-5261-2080-1

OCLC:

1085649429