The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike: An Account from Declassified British Documents

Critically examines declassified British government documents that detail how the policies of the British government led to the 1981 hunger strike, how Margaret Thatcher exacerbated the hunger strike by decisively refusing to initiate the steps necessary to end it, and how the hunger strike eventually led to peace in the north.

Michael C. Mentel

McFarland & Co Inc
9781476693958
277 pages
€62.00
Paperback
United States
British & Irish history