Ireland 1798-1998 (3rd ed.)

The new edition of Alvin Jackson’s highly influential survey of 200 years of Irish history In Ireland, 1798-1998: War, Peace, and Beyond , award-winning historian Alvin Jackson provides a well-balanced and authoritative account of modern Irish political history. Drawing on original research and extensive readings in current scholarship, the author surveys Irish political parties, leaders, and movements with a special emphasis on the tension between Irish nationalism and unionism. Opening with a