Introduction
Part One CONTEXT
1 Northern Ireland, a state in conflict
2 Understanding Political Violence in Northern Ireland
3 Economic and Social Aspects of the Troubles
Appendix 1: Pen Pictures of the Protagonists
Appendix 2: A Chronology of Key Events
Part Two THE HUMAN COST OF THE TROUBLES
4 Profiling Those Who Died in Northern Ireland's Troubles
5 Patterns of Violence
6 Victims and Perpetrators
7 Half the Battle: the Impact of the Troubles on Children
8 Conclusions and Next Stops
References
Index
Marie-Therese Fay is the Research Officer with the Cost of the
Troubles Study in Belfast. She is the co-author of Northern
Ireland’s Troubles (Pluto Press, 1999) and Personal Accounts From
Northern Ireland's Troubles ((Pluto Press, 2000).
Mike Morrissey was Senior Researcher on The Cost of the Troubles
Study and is the Director of the Urban Institute, University of
Ulster. He is the co-author of Northern Ireland After the Good
Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and City Visions: Imagining Place,
Enfranchising People (Pluto, 2002).
Marie Smyth is an author and academic, who previously held the post
of Chair in International Relations at the University of Surrey. An
expert on political violence, she is the author of Truth and
justice after violent conflict: managing violent pasts (Routledge,
2007), Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence (Pluto, 2003),
Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and
Personal Accounts of Northern Ireland's Troubles (Pluto, 2000).
"The socialist authors...analyze the human costs of the violence in Ireland since 1969....Non-partisan, enlightening, and persuasive, this work belongs in all libraries": CHOICE- Selected as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2001
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