'Peace Without Consensus' demonstrates that the rise of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was not 'inevitable'. Rather, it argues that critics who blame Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions for the electoral triumph of the political 'extremes' in 2003 have not fully considered how the US, British and Irish governments contributed to this outcome. Through interviews with key US, British and Irish officials this groundbreaking analysis, which represents the first examination of the Bush administration's vital role in the peace process, demonstrates that Washington and...
'Peace Without Consensus' demonstrates that the rise of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was not 'inevitable'. Rather, it argues that...