Chapter 1. "Crackpots"
Chapter 2. Precious Union
Chapter 3. The Appearance of Northern Ireland
Chapter 4. Betrayals
Chapter 5. Tories Out, DUP In!
Chapter 6. What About the Workers?
Chapter 7. The Not So Good Friday
Chapter 8. The Twilight of British Unionism?
Chapter 9. The Twilight of Ulster Unionism
The crisis of Ulster Union and the future of Northern Ireland
Geoffrey Bell was born in Belfast and has written extensively about Ireland and British attitudes to 'The Troubles', past and recent, for print, television and exhibitions. These include Protestants of Ulster (Pluto), and Pack Up the Troubles (Channel Four).
Comprehensively accounts for the evolution, rise and current
decline of 'Ulster' unionism and its settler-colonial interaction
with British politics.
*Niall Meehan, author of The Embers of Revisionism*
Provides an incisive and up to date analysis of the history and
ideology of unionism that is indispensable to any debate about the
future of Ireland and its relationship with Britain. Geoff is the
leading thinker of our time on the role and future of unionism in
all its forms
*John McDonnell, MP*
After a brief moment in the Westminster spotlight, Northern Irish
unionism finds itself once more pushed back to the margins, but
anyone who wants to understand the likely fate of the United
Kingdom needs to study this frequently misunderstood political
force in its own right. Geoff Bell's detailed account of modern
unionist politics shows that the short-term alliance with British
Conservativism after 2016 could not bridge a widening chasm between
the political cultures of London and Belfast. Bell also
demonstrates that for all its professions of neutrality, the
British political class remains a partisan actor in Irish
affairs.
*Daniel Finn, author of Another Man's Terrorist*
A timely, and hugely informative perspective on the events in the
north of Ireland surrounding Brexit, Stormont, and political
unionism....should be required reading for anybody seeking to
understand the movement of unionist tectonic plates in recent
years.
*Chris Hazzard, Sinn Féin MP for South Down*
Powerful...I agree with much of what Bell says...A committed
supporter of reunification...[Bell] has written extensively, and
with disdain, about the history of unionism.
*Sunday Times*
[Bell] offers a portrait of a community in political and
demographic decline - but which will be vital to the success of any
future reunification ... a solid if sombre case that there is no
end in sight to "division, prejudice and inequality" in a future
united state.
*Financial Times*
A clear and concise explanation of how Northern Ireland got to
where it is today and how support for Unionism continues to
fragment. That is no easy task. Geoff Bell succeeds.
*Counterfire*
An excellent survey of Unionism in Northern Ireland
*Chartist*
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