War and Peace in Ireland: Britain and the IRA in the New World Order by Mark Ryan (London & Boulder: Pluto Press, 1994). A wide-ranging critique by a brilliant analyst and clear writer. If you only read one book on the subject this should be it.

The Irish Economy by Ronnie Munck (London & Boulder: Pluto Press, 1993). Probably the best contemporary overview of the Irish economy from a critical standpoint.

Northern Ireland: The fire and the future special edition of New Internationalist, May 1994.

Free Ireland: Towards a Lasting Peace by Gerry Adams (Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1992). This book is available from Global Exchange for $11.95 plus shipping and handling.

The Man Who Made Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collins by Tim Pat Coogan (Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1992).

The Year of Liberty: The History of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham (New York: Random House, 1969).

Ireland Her Own: An Outline History of the Irish Struggle by T. A. Jackson (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976)

Nor Meekly Serve My Time: The H Block Struggle 1976-1981 edited by Brian Campbell, Laurence McKeown and Felim OÕHagan (Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publishers, 1994).

Legion of the Rearguard: The IRA and the Modern Irish State by Conor Foley (London & Boulder: Pluto Press, 1994).

Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation ed. by Dermot Keogh and Michael Haltzel (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center, 1993).

The IRA: A History by Tim Pat Coogan (Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1993). Beyond Orange and Green: The Political Economy of the Northern Ireland Crisis by Belinda Probert (London: Zed Press, 1978).

Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916 by Peter Derosa, (New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1990).

Is Ireland a Third World Country? ed. by Center for Research & Documentation (Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publishers, 1992).

Ireland, 1912 - 1985: Politics and Society ed. by J.J. Lee (New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989).

The Provisional IRA by Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie (London: Corgi Books, 1987).

Northern Ireland: The Choice by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden (London: Penguin Books, 1994).

Ireland After Britain by Martin Collins, ed., (London, Pluto, 1985).

How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill (New York: Doubleday, 1995).

Ireland for Beginners by Phil Evans and Eilenn Pollock (New York: Writers and Readers, 1994).

James Connolly: Selected Writings by P. Beresford Ellis, (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1973).

The Celts by Gerhard Herm (New York: St. MartinÕs Press, 1975).

The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland by Brendan OÕLeary and John McGarry (London: The Athlone Press, 1994).

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