This guide has been designed to help those searching through the mass of literature and comment on the current troubles in Northern Ireland. In Part 1, Professor Whyte surveys the research on the nature and extent of the community divide, examining in turn the religious, economic, political and psychological aspects of the issue. In Part 2 he discusses ideological Marxism. In the final section of the book, there is a survey of various solutions that have been proposed and a critical examination of what the mass of research has achieved.

Introduction by Garret Fitzgerald. This book seeks to interpret the events of Easter Week 1916 as the central defining event of a 'long revolution' in Irish history. The origins of the long revolution lie in the second half of the nineteenth century, and its legacy is still being played out in the first years of the twenty-first century.Acknowledged experts on specific topics seek to explore the layered domestic and international, political, legal and moral aspects of this uniquely influential and controversial event.Contributors are: Rory O' Dwyer, Michael Wheatley, Brendan O'Shea and Gerry White, D.G. Boyce, Francis M. Carroll, Rosemary Cullen Owens, J r me aan de Wiel, Adrian Hardiman, Keith Jeffery, Mary McAleese, Owen McGee, Seamus Murphy and Brian P. Murphy.