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International Politics and the Northern Ireland Conflict: The USA, Diplomacy and the Troubles
Alan Macleod
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Description for International Politics and the Northern Ireland Conflict: The USA, Diplomacy and the Troubles
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
British troops, which arrived as a temporary measure, would remain in Ireland for the next 38 years. Successive British governments initially claimed the Northern Ireland conflict to be an internal matter but the Republic of Ireland had repeatedly demanded a role, appealing to the UN and US, while across the Atlantic, Irish-American groups applied pressure on Nixon's largely apathetic administration to intervene. Following the introduction of internment and the events of Bloody Sunday, the British were forced to recognise the international dimension of the conflict and begrudgingly began to concede that any solution would rely on Washington and ... Read more
British troops, which arrived as a temporary measure, would remain in Ireland for the next 38 years. Successive British governments initially claimed the Northern Ireland conflict to be an internal matter but the Republic of Ireland had repeatedly demanded a role, appealing to the UN and US, while across the Atlantic, Irish-American groups applied pressure on Nixon's largely apathetic administration to intervene. Following the introduction of internment and the events of Bloody Sunday, the British were forced to recognise the international dimension of the conflict and begrudgingly began to concede that any solution would rely on Washington and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784535384
SKU
V9781784535384
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99-50
About Alan Macleod
Alan MacLeod is Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and an expert on the Northern Ireland peace process and its international dimensions. He gained his PhD at Glasgow University.
Reviews for International Politics and the Northern Ireland Conflict: The USA, Diplomacy and the Troubles
MacLeod has produced a compelling and provocative interpretation of the complex Anglo-Irish and trans-Atlantic diplomatic interactions during the early 1970s. His arguments draw on an impressive collection of recently-released primary sources from National Archives on both sides of the Atlantic, the personal papers of many of the key participants, and the collections of some prominent grassroots activists. The result is ... Read more