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UNINA9910792650903321 |
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Autore |
Aveyard S. C. |
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Titolo |
No solution : The Labour government and the Northern Ireland conflict, 1974–79 / / S.C. Aveyard |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 |
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©2019 |
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1-5261-2085-2 |
1-5261-0826-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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HISTORY / General |
Northern Ireland Relations Great Britain |
Great Britain Relations Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland Politics and government 1968-1998 |
Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-264) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Background : British Labour and Northern Ireland, 1964-74 -- The collapse of power-sharing -- Drift? -- Negotiating the Provisional IRA ceasefire -- Fraying at the edges : the Provisional IRA ceasefire -- After the ceasefire -- Police primacy and the myth of Ulsterisation -- 'Positive direct rule' : economic policy -- Political inertia -- The evolution of the long war. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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