02901nam 2200589Ia 450 991082177740332120230120030427.01-283-52790-197866138403561-4039-3873-31-4039-4820-810.1057/9781403938732(CKB)1000000000245757(DE-He213)978-1-4039-3873-2(Au-PeEL)EBL203968(CaPaEBR)ebr10076926(CaONFJC)MIL384035(OCoLC)475918459(Au-PeEL)EBL5638696(OCoLC)70759498(MiAaPQ)EBC203968(MiAaPQ)EBC5638696(EXLCZ)99100000000024575720030521d2003 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBritain's long war[electronic resource] British strategy in the Northern Ireland conflict, 1969-98 /Peter R. Neumann1st ed. 2003.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York Palgrave Macmillan20031 online resource (XII, 231 p. 4 illus.) 1-349-51371-7 1-4039-1779-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Strategic Tradition of the British Government in Northern Ireland -- The Evolution of British Government Strategy in Northern Ireland -- 3 Avoiding Responsibility? London on the Defensive, 1969-72 -- 4 No Quick Fix: Execution and Failure of British Strategy, 1972-75 -- 5 Going it Alone? Direct Rule under Pressure, 1976-82 -- 6 Sharing the Burden: the Refinement of British Strategy, 1982-88 -- 7 The War is Over? Success and Failure of British Strategy, 1989-98 -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.Britain's Long War assesses the process of strategic change within the British Government's position on Northern Ireland, starting with Westminster's first intervention in 1969 and ending with the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Drawing on a vast range of primary sources including recently released cabinet papers, Peter Neumann analyzes the aims, strategy and restraints of British policy in Northern Ireland.BritishNorthern IrelandHistory20th centuryNorthern IrelandHistory1969-1994Northern IrelandHistory, MilitaryNorthern IrelandHistory1994-BritishHistory941.60824Neumann Peter1974-1642231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821777403321Britain's long war3986817UNINA