How the Troubles Came to Northern Ireland (Hardcover)

The author of this work argues that if Harold Wilson's government in the late Sixties has pursued a different policy the province might have been spared The Troubles. Wilson had promised the Catholics that they would be granted their civil rights. However, new evidence suggests that Westminster was deliberately gagged to prevent MPs demanding that the Stormont administration ended discrimination in the province. Had the government acted on intelligence of growing Catholic unrest, it could have prevented the rise of the Provisional IRA without provoking an unmanageable Protestant backlash. The book draws upon recently released official documents and interviews with many key politicians and civil servants of the period to examine the failure of British policy to prevent the troubles.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary History in Context
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	2000
Authors:	P. Rose
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-75346-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-333-75346-1
Barcode:	9780333753460

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