Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles, 1968-1999 / Edition 2

by Paul Bew, Gordon Gillespie

Overview

This outstandingly successful work of reference is now brought up to date to mark the hoped-for end of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The book is a detailed account, in diary form, of the thirty-year development of civil and political unrest in Northern Ireland. It also contains a number of short essays that look back at the major events of the last thirty years, assessing their significance and setting them in context. Among these are: Bloody Sunday (1972), the collapse of the Power Sharing Executive (1974), the Republican hunger strikes (1981), the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985), the first I.R.A. cease-fire (1994) and the historic Good Friday Agreement (1998).

This chronology is the essential guide to the politics and tragic events of the last thirty years in Northern Ireland. It also includes comprehensive coverage of the Peace Process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810837355
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/15/1999
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.52(h) x 1.73(d)

About the Author

Paul Bew is Professor Politics in Queen's University, Belfast. Dr. Gordon Gillespie teaches in the same department. He is also working as Research Officer on a joint project—-organized by the Queen's University of Ulster, the University of Ulster and Democratic Dialogue—-examining the implementation of the equality agenda in Northern Ireland in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement. Both men are well known and respected commentators on the history and politics of Northern Ireland.

Editorial Reviews

[Tells] the story of the Troubles day by day in an objective, thoughtful, factual manner...one of the more valuable additions to the literature of theTroubles. Libraries holding the first edition should replace it with this one...

Choice Reviews

It is a fine substitute for newspapers of the period 1968-1999, if the library has no subscription to papers from Northern Ireland...This volume is essential for libraries with patrons who want to study the situation in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century.

American Reference Books Annual

[Tells] the story of the Troubles day by day in an objective, thoughtful, factual manner...one of the more valuable additions to the literature of theTroubles. Libraries holding the first edition should replace it with this one...

Choice

[Tells] the story of the Troubles day by day in an objective, thoughtful, factual manner...one of the more valuable additions to the literature of theTroubles. Libraries holding the first edition should replace it with this one...

CHOICE

It is a fine substitute for newspapers of the period 1968-1999, if the library has no subscription to papers from Northern Ireland...This volume is essential for libraries with patrons who want to study the situation in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

A detailed account of the 30-year development of civil and political unrest in Northern Ireland, with daily entries describing specific events. Includes short essays on major events of the last 30 years, such as Bloody Sunday, the Republican hunger strikes, the Anglo-Irish Agreement, and the historic Good Friday Agreement, assessing their significance and setting them in context. Bew teaches politics, and Gillespie teaches politics and sociology, at Queen's University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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