Abandoning historical conflict?: Former political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are ?top-down?, relying upon the views of political elites. This book is ?bottom-up?, analysing the voices of those who actually ?fought the war?. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones?Based on a Leverhulme Trust project and written by an expert team, the book offers a new analysis, based on subtle interplays of military, political, economic an