A01=Stuart C. Aveyard
Author_Stuart C. Aveyard
British politics
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Conflict
Counter-terrorism
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Labour
Northern Ireland
Terrorism
Product details
- ISBN 9780719096402
- Weight: 581g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2016
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Utilising a wide range of archival correspondence and diaries, this monograph reconstructs the 1974-79 Labour government's policies in Northern Ireland. It covers the collapse of power-sharing in May 1974, the secret dialogue with the Provisional IRA during the 1975 ceasefire, the acquiescence of Labour ministers in continuing indefinite direct rule from Westminster, efforts to mitigate conflict through industrial investment, a major shift in security policy emphasizing the police over the army, the adaptation of republicans to the threat of these new measures and their own adoption of a 'Long War' strategy. In so doing, it sheds light on the challenges faced by British ministers, civil servants, soldiers and policemen and the reasons why the conflict lasted so long. It will be a key text for researchers and students of both British and Northern Irish politics.
S.C. Aveyard is a Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Manchester Metropolitan History
