Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Second Edition

Gordon Gillespie

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict provides an accessible and comprehensive study of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to 2016. The second edition of the book expands on the references relating to individuals, organizations and events of the Northern Ireland Troubles and adds material on significant subsequent developments. This the work provides a unique view of developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. While widely heralded as the end of the Northern Ireland conflict the agreement instead witnessed the beginning of a new series of political difficulties to be addressed. The Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict is the first significant reference work to examine many of the issues related to political and cultural conflicts and dealing with the past which have grown in intensity since 1998. Many of these themes will be relevant to students of post-conflict societies in other areas of the world.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 426 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-4422-6304-8 • Hardback • March 2017 • $129.00 • (£99.00)

978-1-4422-6305-5 • eBook • March 2017 • $122.50 • (£95.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest

Subjects: History / Europe / Ireland, Reference / Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Second Edition

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Summary

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict provides an accessible and comprehensive study of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to 2016. The second edition of the book expands on the references relating to individuals, organizations and events of the Northern Ireland Troubles and adds material on significant subsequent developments. This the work provides a unique view of developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. While widely heralded as the end of the Northern Ireland conflict the agreement instead witnessed the beginning of a new series of political difficulties to be addressed. The Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict is the first significant reference work to examine many of the issues related to political and cultural conflicts and dealing with the past which have grown in intensity since 1998. Many of these themes will be relevant to students of post-conflict societies in other areas of the world.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 426 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-4422-6304-8 • Hardback • March 2017 • $129.00 • (£99.00)

978-1-4422-6305-5 • eBook • March 2017 • $122.50 • (£95.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest

Subjects: History / Europe / Ireland, Reference / Dictionaries

Author

Gordon Gillespie has taught in the School of Economics and Politics at the University of Ulster and was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast. He has written on a range of topics associated with the Northern Ireland conflict including loyalist politics, aspects of popular culture associated with the Troubles, political imagery and symbols and electoral systems in Northern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author

Reviews

Independent scholar Gillespie has updated his material to 2016, picking up where the first edition (2008) ended, dividing the work into sections conforming to the publisher's typical organization: acronyms and abbreviations (with 150 listings), maps, chronology, introduction, and a separate classified bibliography. The dictionary proper has over 300 cross-referenced entries with information about events, reports, and organizations, along with individuals who have played their parts in the violent conflict known as ‘the Troubles.’… The chronology…highlights major events beginning with the formation of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in 1967 up through July 2016, when James Brokenshire became Secretary of State. The bibliography is extensive, identifying over 800 books, films, and websites. Overall, the content offers a good, quick-reference resource handy for those libraries supporting programs in Irish-UK history and politics.

Summing Up: Recommended. High school students through researchers/faculty; general readers.
— Choice Reviews

[T]his work does provide in-depth information on the Northern Ireland conflict, or ‘The Troubles,’ and the impacts it has had, and continues to have, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. It is recommended for academic libraries…
— American Reference Books Annual

The author of this Dictionary has lived in Northern Ireland throughout it, and has written extensively about aspects of it. He provides 350 articles of between 100 and 2,000 words on people (the most frequent category), parties, organisations and events significant to the subject. An unusual and depressing feature is that so many of the events took the form of terrorist attacks (though one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter), but on the other hand, many record attempts to end the conflict, which were frequently abortive but eventually succeeded.
— Reference Reviews

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Second Edition

Gordon Gillespie

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Second Edition

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