02850oam 22005054a 450 991048053260332120210111214721.01-5261-2085-21-5261-0826-7(CKB)3710000001018575(StDuBDS)EDZ0001665935(OCoLC)1119621343(MdBmJHUP)muse77796(MiAaPQ)EBC4786650(EXLCZ)99371000000101857520190829e20192016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierNo solutionThe Labour government and the Northern Ireland conflict, 1974–79 /S.C. AveyardBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2019Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2019©20191 online resource illustrations (black and white)Previously issued in print: 2016.0-7190-9640-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-264) and index.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.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.Northern IrelandRelationsGreat BritainGreat BritainRelationsNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandPolitics and government1968-1998Great BritainPolitics and government1964-1979Electronic books. 941.60824Aveyard S. C.933019MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480532603321No solution2100058UNINA