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Title: Hope Against History: The Course of Conflict in Northern Ireland by Jack Holland ISBN: 0805060871 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57
Rating: 4
Summary: A Qucik Read
Comment: This history of the Troubles is chocked full of people and places involved with the Northern Ireland Struggle. The volume of names shows the depth of research conducted by the author. Hope Against History gives a good basis to begin in dpeth reading on the various actors involved. This book clarifies the divisions in the military and political struggle.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Troubles... for beginners.
Comment: Holland deserves credit for writing a book that makes the Troubles accessible to readers who really don't know much about it, but I have to say, having read other books on the subject (Coogan, Bell, Moloney) and having followed events in NI for years, I found his analysis too often simplistic and facile, particularly as relates to the recent Peace Process. Read Ed Moloney's "Secret History of the IRA" and you'll know what I'm talking about.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book to learn of the Troubles of Northern Ireland
Comment: Hope against History is an accessible, fascinating account and could easily be used as a textbook on the "troubles" of Northern Ireland. Holland provides all the gritty details of life in the war torn ghettoes of Belfast and Derry and does a great job of bringing the conflict to life for the reader. Not only is it a fine history of the conflict but a very engaging portrayal of Northern Ireland culture, both protestant and catholic. A must read for anyone with even a passing interest in Irish or British history and a wonderfully quick read for those well acquainted with all the violence and horror of the Troubles.
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Title: Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland by David McKittrick, David McVea ISBN: 1561310700 Publisher: New Amsterdam Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: A Secret History of the IRA by Ed Moloney ISBN: 0393051943 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Belfast Diary : War as a Way of Life by John Conroy ISBN: 0807002178 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Loyalists by Peter Taylor ISBN: 1575000474 Publisher: TV Books Inc Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Bandit Country by Toby Harnden ISBN: 0340717378 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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