This book examines the creation and collapse of the first power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland, and British government policy during the period 1972-75. It also analyses the relationship between the British and Irish states during the 1972-75 period. Drawing on recently released archival sources, this book sheds new light on the events of this turbulent period, and questions many core assumptions about the political dynamics of the time. In particular, it challenges existing interpretations of the relationship between the Irish government and the representatives of constitutional...
This book examines the creation and collapse of the first power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland, and British government policy during the p...
