The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal and the Search for Peace

by Coogan, Tim Pat

• ISBN13: 9780312294182
• ISBN10: 0312294182
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-05
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

Tim Pat Coogan covers the tortured history of Ireland from the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, through the long years of violence, up to the present attempts to find peace. His access to many of the principals gives this book a particular authority. Going beyond the slogans and headlines, Coogan provides a hard look at the deadly drama of a divided Ireland.

Author Biography

Tim Pat Coogan is one of the best known journalists and historians in Ireland. Former editor of the Irish Press, he is the author of Wherever Green is Worn and The IRA.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Preface	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Bicycling to Busby	p. 30
Marching Feet and Angry Voices	p. 70
Letting Slip the Dogs of War	p. 96
A Job for the Army	p. 134
'They shot well, didn't they!'	p. 157
Playing the Orange Card	p. 191
Activity without Movement	p. 211
Law and Dis-order	p. 225
The Greening of the IRA	p. 242
Legal Weaponry	p. 285
The Media War	p. 348
How the Peace was Made--and Threatened	p. 385
Epilogue	p. 482
Notes	p. 521
List of Organisations	p. 543
Chronology	p. 548
Bibliography	p. 561
Index	p. 569
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