Thomas Hennessey

This text provides an assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences - a way to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation at the end of the 20th century.

World War One and Partition

Dividing Ireland

Claire Thomas

The real history of MI5 during the era of the Cold War, the IRA & international terrorism.

Spooks the Unofficial History of MI5 From the First Atom Spy to 7/7 1945-2009

The Unofficial History of MI5 From M to Miss X 1909-39

Spooks

Margaret Thatcher’s Battle with the IRA, 1980-1981

Hunger Strike

This book explores the evolution of the Northern Ireland Troubles from an ethno-national conflict into an insurgency against the British state in Northern Ireland in the crucial years of 1970 to 1972. The book combines the decisions of 'high politics' with the experiences of those on the ground, for whom these decisions made the greatest impact. It tells the story of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events covering the evolving Provisional IRA insurgency and the British Army's counter-insurgency. Key areas covered include: the Falls Road Curfew; Anglo-Irish relations; North-South relations on the island of Ireland; the fall of the Chichester-Clark Government; the premiership of Brian Faulkner; internment; Bloody Sunday; and the suspension of Stormont.

The Evolution of the Troubles, 1970-72

Spooks the Unofficial History of MI5 From Agent Zig Zag to the D-Day Deception 1939-45

This book provides an original assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences, the key to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation today. Thomas Hennessey explores how the War transformed the nature of the Irish and Ulster questions from devolved self-government within the UK to a free Irish republic outside the British Empire, considering such influential figures as de Valera and Michael Collins, and issues such as conscription. He examines both this process of re-evaluation, and the vital question of the consequences for Northern Ireland today.

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