The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace - Hardcover

Coogan, Tim Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570980926 ISBN 13: 9781570980923

Publisher: Denver Museum of, 1996

Synopsis

Describes the past thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland, explains the historical context of the conflict, and assesses the current prospects for peace

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Review:

"Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places..." "--"Frank McCourt

A very fine, provocative and intelligent book...
"-Irish Post"

...contains as much information as any mortal might reasonably require for an understanding of 25 years of violence ...
"-Evening Standard, "Melanie McDonagh

...The Troubles will be essential reading for any future scholar of Irish peace-making.
"-Observer"

Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places... "Frank McCourt"

A very fine, provocative and intelligent book "Irish Post"

Contains as much information as any mortal might reasonably require for an understanding of 25 years of violence "Evening Standard, Melanie McDonagh"

"The Troubles" will be essential reading for any future scholar of Irish peace-making. "Observer""

"Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places..." --Frank McCourt

"A very fine, provocative and intelligent book" --Irish Post

"Contains as much information as any mortal might reasonably require for an understanding of 25 years of violence" --Evening Standard, Melanie McDonagh

"The Troubles will be essential reading for any future scholar of Irish peace-making." --Observer

About the Author:

Tim Pat Coogan is one of the best known journalists and historians in Ireland. Former editor of the Irish Press, he is the author of Wherever Green is Worn and The IRA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Denver Museum of
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1570980926
• ISBN 13: 9781570980923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472