Table of Contents

Henry VII, foreign policy and Ireland; Henry VIII, foreign policy and Ireland to 1529; Reformation, foreign policy and Ireland; Ireland and the British problem; new departures; conquest and foreign policy in Ireland, 1568-1579; the Spanish threat materializes; Tyrone and the fall of Ulster.

Reviews

A brief but important book. CHOICE A useful contribution to widening the focus of historians from an English to a truly British perspective. Palmer achieves clarity of purpose in straightforward prose. He displays command of the recent literature and has made effectuve use of the STate Papers. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW This ambitious attempt to reconstruct Ireland's place in the wider context of Tudor policy is effective and convincing.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*