{"product_id":"the-border-the-legacy-of-a-century-of-anglo-irish-politics-paperback","title":"The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiarmaid Ferriter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cstrong\u003eAnyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think of several MPs who ought to.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For the past two decades, you could cross the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic half a dozen times without noticing or, indeed, turning off the road you were travelling. It cuts through fields, winds back-and-forth across roads, and wends from Carlingford Lough to Lough Foyle. It is frictionless - a feat sealed by the Good Friday Agreement. Before that, watchtowers loomed over border communities, military checkpoints dotted the roads, and smugglers slipped between jurisdictions. This is a past that most are happy to have left behind but might it also be the future?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The border has been a topic of dispute for over a century, first in Dublin, Belfast and Westminster and, post Brexit referendum, in Brussels. Yet, despite the passions of Nationalists and Unionists in the North, neither found deep wells of support in the countries they identified with politically. British political leaders were often ignorant of the conflict's complexities, rarely visited the border, and privately disliked their erstwhile unionist allies. Southern leaders' anti-partition statements masked relative indifference and unofficial cooperation with British security services.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the 1920 Government of Ireland Act that created the border, the Treaty and its aftermath, through the Civil Rights Movement, Thatcher, the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement up to the Brexit negotiations, Ferriter reveals the political, economic, social and cultural consequences of the border in Ireland. With the fate of the border uncertain, \u003cem\u003eThe Border \u003c\/em\u003eis a timely intervention by a renowned historian into one of the most contentious and misunderstood political issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiarmaid Ferriter is one of Ireland's best-known historians and is Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. He is a regular broadcaster on television and radio and a weekly columnist with the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2010 he presented a three-part history of twentieth century Ireland, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, on RTE television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52692163821901,"sku":"9781788161794","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/OGVEUHU1SlhabVg0MUVUUmNkUmxNUT09.webp?v=1762021239","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-border-the-legacy-of-a-century-of-anglo-irish-politics-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}