Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party and the Northern Ireland Conflict, 1975-1990

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Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Capitals and Formal Titles
Note on Sources: Primary and Secondary
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One Official leader of the opposition, 1975–9
	1 Thatcher and the Conservative Party’s Northern Ireland policy, 1975–9
	2 Airey Neave and the Conservative Party’s Northern Ireland policy, 1975–9
Part Two First-term in office, 1979–83
	3 Thatcher and the evolution of the British government’s Northern Ireland policy, 1979
	4 The Atkins’s talks and the Haughey-Thatcher relationship, 1980
	5 Thatcher, the second Irish Republican hunger strike and Anglo-Irish relations, 1981
	6 The Prior Initiative, the Falklands War and Anglo-Irish relations, 1982
Part Three Second-term in office, 1983–7
	7 The FitzGerald-Thatcher relationship and the evolution of Anglo-Irish relations, 1983–4
	8 Anglo-American relations and the Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985–6
Part Four Third-term in office, 1987–90
	9 Thatcher, British state collusion and the genesis of the Northern Ireland peace process, 1987–90
	Conclusion (including Epilogue, 1990–8)
Notes
	Note on Sources: Primary and Secondary
	Introduction
	1 Thatcher and the Conservative Party’s NorthernIrel and policy, 1975–9
	2 Airey Neave and the Conservative Party’s NorthernIrel and policy, 1975–9
	3 Thatcher and the evolution of the British government’s Northern Ireland policy, 1979
	4 The Atkins’s talks and the Haughey-Thatcher relationship, 1980
	5 Thatcher, the second Irish Republican hunger strike and Anglo-Irish relations, 1981
	6 The Prior Initiative, the Falklands War and Anglo-Irish relations, 1982
	7 The FitzGerald-Thatcher relationship and the evolution of Anglo-Irish relations, 1983–4
	8 Anglo-American relations and the Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985–6
	9 Thatcher, British state collusion and the genesis of the Northern Ireland peace process, 1987–90
	Conclusion (including Epilogue, 1990–8)
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Index