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Ireland
The World’s Political Hot Spots (Related to this series)
- Author
- Wendy McElroy
- Narrator
- Harry Reasoner
- Publish Date
- 26 January 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The “isle of poets and scholars” has known almost constant warfare for centuries. In 1920, it was divided into North and South. Yet this purely political solution left a religious and cultural schism intact. This presentation follows Ireland’s tragic course from St. Patrick to Britain’s imposition of direct rule in 1974.
The World’s Political Hotspots Series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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Details
- Author
- Wendy McElroy
- Narrator
- Harry Reasoner
- Duration
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 January 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481542777
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- European history, Education, History, International relations
Synopsis
The “isle of poets and scholars” has known almost constant warfare for centuries. In 1920, it was divided into North and South. Yet this purely political solution left a religious and cultural schism intact. This presentation follows Ireland’s tragic course from St. Patrick to Britain’s imposition of direct rule in 1974.The World’s Political Hotspots Series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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