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Violent Politics: Strategies of Internal Conflict
Michael Addison
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Description for Violent Politics: Strategies of Internal Conflict
Hardcover. Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted 30 years and cost 4000 lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the results of the countermeasures used. The conclusions are disturbing. The recommendations are controversial, but difficult to escape.
Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the results of the countermeasures used. The conclusions are disturbing. The recommendations are controversial, but difficult to escape.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's Series
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333730850
SKU
V9780333730850
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99-15
About Michael Addison
BRIGADIER MICHAEL ADDISON worked in a variety of fields: military, diplomatic, medical and academic. As a soldier, he witnessed violent conflict in Northern Ireland, Borneo and Cyprus. Later, as a senior associate member of St. Anthony's College, Oxford, he sought to make sense of his military experiences. Violent Politics, the outcome of his research, was completed shortly before his death ... Read more
Reviews for Violent Politics: Strategies of Internal Conflict
Violent Politics is an important addition to the literature on the challenges faced by governments in responding to terrorism and civil unrest. The book is noteworthy for its clarity, trenchant analysis and clear exegesis of both theory and empirical evidence. Addison's first-hand experience as a soldier in Northern Ireland enriches the book immeasurably and provides an invaluable perspective that is ... Read more