International Politics and the Northern Ireland Conflict: The Usa, Diplomacy and the Troubles

by Alan Macleod

British troops, which arrived as a temporary measure, would remain in Ireland for the next 38 years. Successive British governments initially claimed the Northern Ireland conflict to be an internal matter but the Republic of Ireland had repeatedly demanded a role, appealing to the UN and US, while across the Atlantic, Irish-American groups applied pressure on Nixon's largely apathetic administration to intervene. Following the introduction of internment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784535389
• ISBN13: 9781784535384
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.6"