The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal, 1969-95, and the Search for Peace

Coogan, Tim Pat

ISBN 10: 0091791464 / ISBN 13: 9780091791469

Published by Hutchinson, 1995

About this Item

Paperback in good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal, 1969-95, and the Search for Peace
• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091791464
• ISBN 13: 9780091791469
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

About this title

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Using previously unpublished material, Coogan recounts the complex, and often devious story of the "Troubles" in Ireland from 1968 to the present.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.

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