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The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland: A Modern World Study: Students' Book (Discovering the Past for GCSE S.) ISBN: 0719574722 ISBN13: 9780719574726 The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland: A Modern World Study: Students' Book (Discovering the Past for GCSE S.) By: Ben Walsh ; Schools History Project Publisher: Hodder Murray Format: Paperback Our Price: 12.99

The aim of the Modern World Study is to examine a contemporary issue in its historical perspective. This work provides essential elements required for a Modern World Study on Northern Ireland. It includes a survey of aspects of Irish history from Celtic times to the Welfare State of the 1950s. It also gives an analysis of key events since the development of the Civil Rights movement in the later 1960s and the onset of The Troubles .


Contents:

Section 1 The trouble with history: what are The Troubles ?
- was the outbreak of violence in 1968-69 inevitable? Section 2 Northern Ireland, its neighbours and the wider world: why was Ireland divided in 1922?
- how did World War II affect relations between NI, Britain and the South?
- why is Northern Ireland an international issue today? Section 3 The troubles: why did conflict in Northern Ireland break out in 1968-69?
- why were peace initiatives unsuccessful in the 1970s? Section 4 The struggle for peace: did people in Northern Ireland want peace in the 1980s?
- the struggle for peace in the 1990s.


Brief Description:

Aims to examine the issue of the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland in its historical perspective. This work provides the elements required for a Modern World Study on Northern Ireland. It includes a survey of aspects of Irish history from Celtic times to the Welfare State of the 1950s.

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