The Ulster Question since 1945 (Studies in Contemporary History, 21) - Hardcover

Loughlin, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403920303 ISBN 13: 9781403920300

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2003

Synopsis

This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early seventeenth century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These include:

- the evolution of Ulster Unionism and the Nationalist and Republican traditions
- the role of Britain
- the increasingly important part played by external actors, especially the USA

Since the outbreak of the present troubles in August 1969, a thriving academic literature on Ulster and its history has emerged. Based on the most authoritative texts, this thoroughly revised and updated edition includes new materials on the period as a whole, and an assessment of the developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES LOUGHLIN is Reader in History at the Magee campus of the University of Ulster.

Review:

Reviews of the first edition:
"One has at last been given a precise answer to the frequently heard request for a short, subtle, lucid and reliable introduction to this vexed subject."--Keith Kyle, Journal of Contemporary British History

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1403920303
• ISBN 13: 9781403920300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 267