Northern Ireland. A Very Short Introduction
2nd edition

Northern Ireland's unique position in both the United Kingdom and Europe has seen it rise prominence in political debates on the future of the European project. The backdrop to this is the long shadow of the Troubles in the North, in which dramatic political crises punctuated a seemingly endless succession of bloodshed. In the 1990s and early 2000s, a peace was painfully built, making Northern Ireland a model for conflict resolution internationally.
In this Very Shod Introduction Marc Mulholland draws on recent work on social change, and newly available memoirs by paramilitary militants, to consider the legacy of the Troubles and the likely impact of Brexit on Irish Unity.