Making Sense of the Troubles

by McKittrick, David; McVea, David

• ISBN13: 9781561310708
• ISBN10: 1561310700
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-18
• Publisher: NEW AMSTERDAM BOOKS

Summary

Compellingly written and evenhanded in its judgements, this is by far the clearest account of what happened through the years in the Northern Ireland conflict, and why.

Author Biography

David McKittrick writes for the Independent and is a winner of the Orwell Prize for Journalism. In 1999 he was named Correspondent of the Year by the BBC's What the Papers Say. He has reported on Northern Ireland since 1973 David McVea was for many years head of the politics department at a leading Belfast grammar school. He now works for Northern Ireland's examinations board

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The static society	1	(25)
1921--63
The O'Neill years	26	(27)
1963--69
Descent into violence	53	(23)
1969--71
The end of Stormont	76	(22)
1972--73
Sunningdale, strike & stalemate	98	(20)
1974--76
From Castlereagh to Warrenpoint	118	(16)
1977--79
The hungerstrikes	134	(15)
1980--81
Anglo--Irish accord	149	(18)
1982--85
Enniskillen, Libya & bombs in England	167	(17)
1986--93
Peace process	184	(16)
1993--94
Decommissioning, Docklands & Drumcree	200	(14)
1994--96
Breakthrough	214	(16)
1997--2001
Perspectives	230	(13)
Chronology	243	(82)
Tables	325	(6)
Glossary	331	(7)
Bibliographical notes	338	(2)
Index	340