Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction

• 'incisive, even-handed and informed' (James Loughlin, University of Ulster)
• 'a masterly feat of compression' (Financial Times)
• Topical and thorough treatment of the political climate of Northern Ireland
• Introduces all the key figures and organizations involved in current violent and political conflicts
• Author a specialist in the history of Northern Ireland

Readership: Students of Irish history and politics, and current affairs. General readers interested in Northern Ireland's history, politics, government, and contemporary developments.

Marc Mulholland, Fellow in Modern History at St Catherine's College, Oxford

"a useful little handbook with some easy-to-access basic information" - Irish Democrat

"a brief and helpful introduction to the Troubles. . . . The Volume's great value is that it offers a lucidly and lightly written, short introduction to a subject that will continue to haunt many people for a very long time" - TLS

"a masterly feat of compression . . . excellent on the paradoxes of political developments since the ceasefires." - Financial Times

"Mulholland writes with unusual sensitivity and fairness. He understands the problem: in Northern Ireland, neither Nationalist nor Unionist feels they may rest easy." - Paul Bew, Queen's University Belfast

Introduction
1: Divided Ulster: from Plantation to Partition
2: Home Rule in Ulster: Stormont's Record
3: Life Cheapens: The Descent into War
4: The Long War
5: The Long 'Peace'
Conclusion