The Ulster Question since 1945

by James Loughlin

Overview

This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early 17th century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These include:

- The evolution of Ulster Unionism and the Nationalist and Republican traditions
- The role of Britain
- The increasingly important part played by external actors, especially the USA.

Since the outbreak of the present troubles in August 1969, a thriving academic literature on Ulster and its history has emerged. Based on the most authoritative texts, this thoroughly revised and updated edition includes new materials on the period as a whole, and an assessment of the developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350317246
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/14/2017
Series:	Studies in Contemporary History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	267
File size:	385 KB

About the Author

JAMES LOUGHLIN is Reader in History at the Magee campus of the University of Ulster.
JAMES LOUGHLIN is Reader in History at the Magee campus of the University of Ulster, UK.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Map of Northern Ireland
Introduction
Ulster: A Reconstituted Question
British Intervention
New Initiatives and Old Problems
Agreement and Process
Agreement and Resolution?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This is a very fair and accurate analysis of the complexities of the Northern Ireland problem, offering insight and judicious assessment.' - Professor Jonathan Tonge, University of Salford

Reviews of the first edition:'With the publication of James Loughlin's brilliant summation in only 139 pages of the Ulster question since the Second World War, one has at last been given a precise answer to the frequently heard request for a short, subtle, lucid and reliable introduction to this vexed subject.' - Keith Kyle, Journal of Contemporary British History

'Beautifully clear and argued - and major points covered and carefully judged conclusions.' - O. A. Hartley, University of Leeds

Editorial Reviews

Loughlin (history, U. of Ulster) synthesizes the voluminous literature that has been produced since the outbreak of violence in 1969 on the territory the British crown claims as Northern Ireland. In the context of history since the early 17th century, he looks at the factors that have influenced developments since the end of World War II, among them the evolution of Ulster Unionism and the Nationalist and Republican traditions, and the role of Britain and of increasingly external actors, especially the US. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

Reviews of the first edition:
"One has at last been given a precise answer to the frequently heard request for a short, subtle, lucid and reliable introduction to this vexed subject."--Keith Kyle, Journal of Contemporary British History


Reviews of the first edition:
"One has at last been given a precise answer to the frequently heard request for a short, subtle, lucid and reliable introduction to this vexed subject."--Keith Kyle, "Journal of Contemporary British History"

From the Publisher