Hunger strike : Margaret Thatcher's battle with the IRA, 1980-81
Hennessey, Thomas2014
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The hunger strikes of 1980-81 were a confrontation between British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the iron will of Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland, in an attempt to break the British policy of criminalising paramilitary prisoners. The consequences of the hunger strikes changed Irish politics and British-Irish relations forever. Now, with the release of recently declassified documents, Thomas Hennessey forensically examines the origins and evolution of the prisons dispute, Margaret Thatcher's personal role in the hunger strike and controversial issues surrounding the hunger strike, in particular, whether there was a deal on the table that could have ended the strike in July 1981 and whether it was accepted by prisoners in the H-blocks.
Main title:
Hunger strike : Margaret Thatcher's battle with the IRA, 1980-81 / Thomas Hennessey.
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Imprint:
Dublin : Irish Academic Press, 2014.
Collation:
488 p. ; 24 cm
Notes:
Bibliography: p.471-473.
ISBN:
9780716531760 (pbk)
Dewey class:
365.45941.60824 Ir
Language:
English
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BRN:
641330