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<br> [A] definitive history of the IRA -- The New York Review of Books<p><br> This is a very fine book. It is elegant and persuasively argued from a man who really does know what he is talking about. The long view of Richard English is vital in an age of the knee-jerk. --Fergal Keane, BBC Special Correspondent<p><br> Richard English is the author of outstanding histories of the IRA and Irish nationalism. Thoughtful scholarship lies at the heart of his fine analysis of terrorism as both a military and a political problem...In exploring this huge subject, English makes many telling points...while using history to console us with the thought that many terrorist movements eventually atrophy, provided societies have the resilience to see them out --Literary Review<br><p><br> Western governments continue to need constant admonitions, such as English provides, to adopt proportionate rather than draconian responses --Sunday Times<br><p><br> If you want to read one book which explains the phenomenon of terrorism, gives you a good historical grasp of the subject while also providing a dispassionate roadmap to guide you through the term's complex meanderings and its many intellectual cul-de-sacs, then this is the book for you. It is outstanding: short and beautifully written, it manages also to be thoroughly on top of its subject --Irish Times<br><p><br> [a] provocative primer --Publishers Weekly<p><br> a sober corrective to some dangerous recent misconceptions. --Prospect<br><p><br> 'thoughtful, informed meditation on the state of terrorism research. --Foreign Affairs<br><p><br> English negotiates a sophisticated path through the questions of definition and explanation that have long dominated this field...[The book] retains a credibility and persuasiveness lacked by many of its competitors...[and] advances our understanding of terrorism, its costs and its consequences considerably. --International Affairs<br><p><br> a thought-provoking primer for politicians seeking someth

<br> [A] definitive history of the IRA -- The New York Review of Books<br> This is a very fine book. It is elegant and persuasively argued from a man who really does know what he is talking about. The long view of Richard English is vital in an age of the knee-jerk. --Fergal Keane, BBC Special Correspondent<br> Richard English is the author of outstanding histories of the IRA and Irish nationalism. Thoughtful scholarship lies at the heart of his fine analysis of terrorism as both a military and a political problem...In exploring this huge subject, English makes many telling points...while using history to console us with the thought that many terrorist movements eventually atrophy, provided societies have the resilience to see them out --Literary Review <br> Western governments continue to need constant admonitions, such as English provides, to adopt proportionate rather than draconian responses --Sunday Times <br> If you want to read one book which explains the phenomenon ofa

<br> [A] definitive history of the IRA -- The New York Review of Books<br> This is a very fine book. It is elegant and persuasively argued from a man who really does know what he is talking about. The long view of Richard English is vital in an age of the knee-jerk. --Fergal Keane, BBC Special Correspondent<br> Richard English is the author of outstanding histories of the IRA and Irish nationalism. Thoughtful scholarship lies at the heart of his fine analysis of terrorism as both a military and a political problem...In exploring this huge subject, English makes many telling points...while using history to console us with the thought that many terrorist movements eventually atrophy, provided societies have the resilience to see them out --Literary Review <br> Western governments continue to need constant admonitions, such as English provides, to adopt proportionate rather than draconian responses --Sunday Times <br> If you want to read one book which explains the phenomenon of-

Recommended. * Choice * A short, common-sense primer to understanding terrorists and their limitations. * Max Hastings, Sunday Times * It is outstanding: short and beautifully written, it manages also to be thoroughly on top of its subject. * Conor Gearty, Irish Times * If you want to read one book which explains the phenomenon of terrorism...then this is the book for you. * Conor Gearty, Irish Times * Thoughtful scholarship lies at the heart of this fine analysis of terrorism as both a military and a political problem. * Michael Burleigh, Literary Review * Review from previous edition If you want to read one book which explains the phenomenon of terrorism, gives you a good historical grasp of the subject whilst also providing a dispassionate roadmap to guide you through the term's complex meanderings and many intellectual cul-de-sacs, then this is the book for you. It is outstanding: short and beautifully written, it also manages to be thoroughly on top of its subject..' * Conor Gearty, Irish Times *

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Richard English is Professor of Politics at Queen's University, Belfast, and author of the award-winning books Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (2003) and Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (2006). He is a frequent media commentator on terrorism and political violence - including work for the BBC, the Times Literary Supplement, the Irish Times, Newsweek, the Independent on Sunday, and the Financial Times - and he has lectured widely in Europe and America on the subject of terrorism.

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