Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party and the Northern Ireland conflict, 1975-1990 /

From a 'no surrender' attitude to Republican hunger strikes to the Northern Ireland peace process, Kelly traces the evolutionary and sometimes contradictory nature of Thatcher's approach to Northern Ireland. In doing so, this nuanced study reflects afresh on the political relationship...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelly, Stephen (Historian) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Official Leaders of the Opposition, 1975-1979
  • Thatcher and the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Policy, 1975-1979
  • Airey Neave and the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Policy, 1975-1979
  • Part II. First-Term in Office, 1979-1983
  • Thatcher and the Evolution of the British Government's Northern Ireland Policy, 1979
  • The Atkins' Talks and the Haughey-Thatcher Relationship, 1980
  • Thatcher, the Second Irish Republican Hunger-Strike and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1981
  • The Prior Initiative, the Falklands War and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1982
  • Part III. Second-Term in Office, 1983-1987
  • The FitzGerland-Thatcher Relationship and the Evolution of Anglo-Irish Relations, 1983-
  • American-Anglo Relations and the Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985-1986
  • Part IV. Third-Term in Office, 1987-1990
  • Thatcher, State Collusion and the Genesis of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1987-1998.