The Ulster Question Since 1945, Second Edition

by Loughlin, James

• ISBN13: 9780333998694
• ISBN10: 0333998693
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-12
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

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 seventeenth 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 USABased 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.

Author Biography

James Loughlin is Reader in History, University of Ulster, Magee College, Northern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface	xi
Preface to the Second Edition	xiii
Acknowledgements	xiv
Note on Terminology	xv
List of Abbreviations	xvi
Map of Northern Ireland	xviii
Introduction	1	(27)
Plantation, Myth and History	2	(2)
Nationalist Resurgence	4	(2)
Gladstonian Home Rule and Ulster	6	(6)
From War to Partition	12	(5)
Northern Ireland: The Statelet Secured	17	(3)
Ulster Nationalists and Northern Ireland	20	(2)
The Inter-War Period	22	(4)
King's Men	26	(2)
1 Ulster: A Reconstituted Question	28	(36)
The Post-War Position	28	(2)
Change and its Effects	30	(3)
Economic Decline and its Consequences	33	(2)
O'Neill and Reform	35	(4)
Minority Grievances	39	(2)
Party Politics and the Catholic Community	41	(5)
The Civil Rights Campaign	46	(3)
From Agitation to Conflict	49	(3)
Paisley and the Resurgence of Loyalist Extremism	52	(8)
Labour and Northern Ireland	60	(4)
2 British Intervention	64	(21)
Crisis Management	64	(3)
Reform and Reaction	67	(1)
Republicanism and Nationalism Reform	67	(3)
Unionism: A Fracturing Movement	70	(1)
Westminster Changes and Ulster Consequences	70	(4)
The Crisis Escalates	74	(1)
Faulkner and Internment	75	(4)
Internment: The Consequences	79	(2)
Prorogation	81	(4)
3 New Initiatives and Old Problems	85	(40)
A New Order	85	(3)
PIRA Violence and British Responses	88	(3)
Loyalist Paramilitary Resurgence	91	(1)
Towards Political Accommodation	92	(2)
The Sunningdale Experiment	94	(4)
The UWC Strike	98	(3)
The Ulster Convention	101	(3)
Ulsterisation	104	(3)
Security Initiatives and PIRA Reactions	107	(4)
The Blanket Protest	111	(1)
Thatcher and the Hunger Strikes	112	(3)
New Directions in Nationalist Politics	115	(4)
Unionist Immobility	119	(1)
From Forum to Agreement	120	(5)
4 Agreement and Process	125	(55)
The Agreement Formalised	125	(3)
Unionists Respond	128	(5)
Nationalist Gains	133	(1)
Anglo-Irish Difficulties	134	(2)
Republican Reaction	136	(4)
The Brooke Initiative	140	(4)
Hume and Adams Confer	144	(4)
A Dublin Boost	148	(3)
Retrieving the Initiative	151	(3)
The Joint Declaration	154	(1)
Towards the Cessation	155	(3)
The Paramilitary Ceasefires	158	(8)
The Mitchell Report	166	(2)
Drumcree '96	168	(4)
Another Start	172	(3)
Drumcree '97	175	(5)
5 Agreement and Resolution?	180	(59)
Scene Setting	180	(1)
The Path to Good Friday	181	(4)
The Agreement	185	(3)
Sunningdale Two?	188	(2)
The Peoples Verdict	190	(6)
Drumcree '98	196	(3)
The Way Forward	199	(4)
Mitchell Recalled	203	(4)
Mandelson and Policing	207	(3)
Re-activating Devolution	210	(2)
Inauspicious Portents	212	(2)
New Year, New Broom	214	(2)
An Electoral Climateric	216	(3)
Crisis and Response	219	(3)
Sectarian Deterioration	222	(2)
A Cold Place for Protestants?	224	(2)
A Summer of Discontent	226	(5)
Ultimatum and Collapse	231	(8)
Conclusion	239	(10)
Bibliography	249	(8)
Index	257