FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp460 indexed, bound in black cloth gilt, illustrated D/W. B/w illustrations. VG in VG D/W. (SHELF 200) ISBN: 0091791464 NOTE: Heavy Books will require special shipping arrangements.

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Title

THE TROUBLES. IRELAND'S ORDEAL 1966-1995 AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE.

Publisher

London, Hutchinson 1995

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0091791464

ISBN 13

9780091791469

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Using previously unpublished material, Coogan recounts the complex, and often devious story of the "Troubles" in Ireland from 1968 to the present. The violence is only one aspect, although a key one.

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"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

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