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A hardcover edition, Brandon, 2003 of IRA and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams's account of the peace process and the Belfast Agreement - 'Hope and History - Making Peace in Ireland' .
From the blurb -
Hope and History is a personal memoir and a unique inside story, revealing the truth behind the headlines of the Irish peace process. It covers the tumultuous years from the late 1970s up to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.An author as well as an activist, Gerry Adams account brings a sense of immediacy and a writer's understanding of narrative to this story of the triumph of hope in what was long considered an intractable bloody conflict. He conveys the tensions of the peace process, the sense of teetering on the brink, and he has a sharp eye and acute ear for the foibles of political allies and enemies alike.
He reveals previously unpublished details of the peace process:
- about the key players;
- the truth about the secret contacts with the Catholic Church;
- he speaks candidly about being shot;
- he gives the inside story on the covert talks between republicans and the British government;
- the Irish-American role and meetings in the White House;
- the South African role;
- he discloses details of his discussions with the IRA leadership;
- the differences within republicanism and the emergence of 'dissidents';
- the breakdown of the first IRA cessation
- and he details for the first time the secret talks involving the Irish, British and US governments, the IRA leadership and the then British opposition leader Tony Blair, to reinstate the IRA cessation;
- and then the Good Friday Agreement; what was agreed and what was promised.
He paints revealing portraits of the other leading characters in the drama that was acted out through ceasefires and stand-offs, discussions and confrontations. Amongst these are Tony Blair, Bertie Ahem, Mo Mowlam, Martin McGuinness, Albert Reynolds, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Jean Kennedy Smith, David Trimble, John Hume, Nelson Mandela and John Bruton and Charlie Haughey.
A GOOD copy in matching lightly creased DJ. Some spots to top of page block.
