Description: Paul Bew sheds new light on the changing ideological passions of the modern Irish question. Examining the influence and legacies of many key figures, from Tone to Parnell to Haughey and from Peel to Churchill to Blair, he takes the reader all the way from the society of the United Irishman to the crisis of the Good Friday Agreement.
Review Quotes: "This magnificent book is one that no serious practitioner of modern Irish history can afford not to read."--James H. Murphy, American Historical Review
"It is without doubt the most reasonable, up to date, rational, liberal and accommodationist unionist history."--Brendan O'Leary, Dublin Review of Books"Explores his chosen themes with originality, iconoclasm and a range of unexpected quotations."--Roy Foster, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year"Remarkable, formidably researched and fluently written."--Times Literary Supplement"A remarkable survey."--Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times"Finely nuanced history. Bew brings enormous authority to the subject."--Michael Burleigh, The Sunday Times"An historian of note and a distinguished commentator on the politics of modern Ireland; this study confirms his analytical skills."--Edward Norman, Literary Review"Bew is a master of elegant and pithy prose. Ireland: The Politics of Enmity is unfailingly absorbing."--Peter Hart, The Irish Times"Absorbing reading for all who are interested in Irish-British history."--Morning Star"The book is dense yet easy to read."--Edward Norman, Literary News"Paul Bew's book reconstructs the way that the language of hatred has been employed in Irish history; it also gestures towards much in politics that has been said or forgotten."--London Review of Books