The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain : impacts, engagements, legacies and memories / edited by Graham Dawson, Jo Dover and Stephen Hopkins.
Publication details: Manchester Manchester University Press 2017Description: xxi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780719096327
- Since 1969
- Politics and government
- History
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945-
- Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998
- Northern Ireland -- History -- 1998-
- Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1968-1998
- Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998-
- Northern Ireland
- DA566.7. N59 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS
Introduction - Graham Dawson and Stephen Hopkins
Part I: Perspectives from the British State, politics and the military
1. 'The truth, the whole truth...': some British political and military memoirs of the Troubles - John Newsinger
2. 'I got shot through the head with an Armalite round' - Ted Aubertin
3. 'A real stirring in the nation': military families, British public opinion and withdrawal from Northern Ireland - Paul Dixon
4. The memoir-writing of the Wilson and Callaghan governments: the Labour Party and constitutional policy in Northern Ireland - Stephen Hopkins
5. British questions - Geoffrey Bell
6. 'The coach never arrived back at its destination' - Jenny McMahon
7. Serving in troubled times: British military personnel's memories and accounts of service in Northern Ireland - K. Neil Jenkings and Rachel Woodward
Part II: Anti-state activisms
8. Something in the air: the rise of the Troops Out Movement - Aly Renwick
9. Memories of Sinn Féin Britain, 1975-85 - Susan O'Halloran
10. Policing the Irish community in Britain - Nadine Finch
11. 'Not our cup of tea': Irish and British feminist encounters in London during the Troubles - Ann Rossiter
12. Political delegations of women from Britain to the North of Ireland and the campaign against strip searching in the 1980s - Di Parkin
Part III: Culture and the representation of the Troubles
13. 'Every man an emperor': the British press, Bloody Sunday and the image of the British Army - Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker
14. Suspect stories: William Trevor's portrayals of the Irish in London during the Troubles - Tony Murray
15. Writing as survival - Maude Casey
16. The 'oxygen of publicity' and the suffocation of censorship: British newspaper representations of the British broadcasting ban (1988-94) - Max Pettigrew
17. 'The Troubles we've seen': film, television drama and the Northern Irish conflict in Britain - John Hill
Part IV: Memory, peace-building and 'dealing with the past'
18. Responding to the IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain: the case of Warrington - Lesley Lelourec
19. 'There's no way out but through' - Annie Bowman
20. The Birmingham pub bombings, the Irish as a 'suspect community' and the memories of the O'Reilly family - Laura O'Reilly
21. 'Truth recovery' and the role of the security forces in the Northern Ireland Troubles - Aaron Edwards
22. Commemorating bonds of Union: remembering the Ulster Special Constabulary at the National Memorial Arboretum - L. J. Armstrong
23. 'I'd find a way to contribute to peace' - Jo Berry
24. Performance practices and conflict resolution: Jo Berry and Patrick Magee's Facing the Enemy - Verity Combe
Index