Labour and the Northern Ireland Problem 1945-1951: The Missed Opportunity

by Paul Bew and Russell Rees

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact made by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government on the triangular relationship between Belfast, London and Dublin. The Stormont government had finished the war on a high note, but Labour's shock general election victory in July 1945 shook the confidence of Unionist party leaders who were unsure of the new Labour administration's intentions towards Ireland. The prospect of closer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071652970X
• ISBN13: 9780716529705
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"