LEADER 02850oam 22005054a 450 001 9910480532603321 005 20210111214721.0 010 $a1-5261-2085-2 010 $a1-5261-0826-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018575 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001665935 035 $a(OCoLC)1119621343 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4786650 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018575 100 $a20190829e20192016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNo solution$eThe Labour government and the Northern Ireland conflict, 1974?79 /$fS.C. Aveyard 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2019 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2019 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-7190-9640-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [254]-264) and index. 327 $aBackground : 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. 330 $aUtilising 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. 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xRelations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xRelations$zNorthern Ireland 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government$y1968-1998 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1964-1979 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a941.60824 700 $aAveyard$b S. C.$0933019 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480532603321 996 $aNo solution$92100058 997 $aUNINA