Inside Accounts, Volume II - by Graham Spencer (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Focusing on the peace process, these two volumes includes seventeen interviews from high-ranking civil servants and political leaders in the Irish Government and takes the reader inside the negotiating room to experience the efforts, tensions and actions that led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>'Graham Spencer's interviews are an outstanding contribution to the contemporary history of Britain and Ireland. While historical analysis and judgments are always subject to revision, these first-hand accounts by key participants in the story of the Troubles and the Peace Process are irreplaceable elements in the archive of those events.'<br /> Sir John Chilcot GCB<br /> <br /> 'Graham Spencer has a remarkable ability to get those most directly involved in the Northern Ireland peace process to reveal the deepest secrets. Unmissable.'<br /> Jonathan Powell, former British Government chief negotiator on Northern Ireland and author of <em>Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts</em><br /> <br /> 'Masterful and magisterial in their sweep and depth, no account of the Northern Ireland peace process is complete without reference to these two volumes. The interviews are meticulously framed, capturing the shifting nuances in seemingly intractable positions and how they were exploited, the attention to building relationships with protagonists, the behind-the-scenes contacts and conversations, and every shift in gesture. A magnificent achievement.'<br /> Padraig O'Malley, John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, University of Massachusetts, Boston </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'A remarkably intimate record of a high stakes project to end the violence that had plagued this island for 30 years. ... The accounts are often riveting and there is a welcome frankness from retired civil servants and diplomats now free to roam widely in their assessments. ... There is also an abundance of intelligence, modesty and decency on display here.' Diarmaid Ferriter, <i>Irish Times</i> 'An outstanding contribution to the contemporary history of Britain and Ireland. While historical analysis and judgments are always subject to revision, these first-hand accounts by key participants in the story of the Troubles and the peace process are irreplaceable.' Sir John Chilcot GCB 'Graham Spencer has a remarkable ability to get those most directly involved in the Northern Ireland peace process to reveal the deepest secrets. Unmissable.' Jonathan Powell, former British Government chief negotiator on Northern Ireland and author of <i>Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts</i> 'Masterful and magisterial in their sweep and depth, no account of the Northern Ireland peace process is complete without reference to these two volumes. The interviews are meticulously framed, capturing the shifting nuances in seemingly intractable positions and how they were exploited. A magnificent achievement.' Padraig O'Malley, John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, University of Massachusetts, Boston<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br><strong>Graham Spencer</strong> is Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention at Maynooth University, Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University, and Reader in Social and Political Conflict at Portsmouth University<br>
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