Northern Ireland Since 1969

The conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969 has cost over 3,600 lives and about 100,000 people in Northern Ireland live in a household where someone has been injured in a troubles-related incident. This has been a key issue in British and Irish politics and the recent peace process in Northern Ireland and the current War on Terrorism has stimulated international involvement and a desire to learn the lessons of the troubles. Although Northern Ireland has a population of just 1.5 million people it is one of the most researched territories of the world. There is considerable controversy over the interpretation of the history of Northern Ireland, not least since 1969. This new addition to the Seminar Studies in History Series provides a comprehensive introduction to the difficult topic, reviewing different perspectives on the recent history of the conflict in Northern Ireland while at the same time providing an authoritative overview. Each book in the Seminar Studies in History series provides a concise and reliable introduction to complex events and debates. Written by acknowledged experts and supported by extracts from historical Documents, a Chronology, Glossary, Whos Who of key figures and Guide to Further Reading, Seminar Studies in History are the essential guides to understanding a topic.

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).

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