Editors, C. R. (2018). The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement.
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"The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement analyzes the tumultuous events that marked the creation of Northern Ireland, and the conflicts fueled by the partition. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Northern Ireland like never before."
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While this book is a brief overview of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and would be a good starting point to jump off of before delving into more research, it does have a sort of biased British perspective. Different viewpoints are a good way to get both sides of the story.
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Keefe, P. R. (2019). Say Nothing.
"Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book - as finely paced as a novel - Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." (New York Times Book Review, 10 Best Books of the Year)
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One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Best Nonfiction Book of the Year - Time Magazine
One of the Best 10 Books of the Year - Washington Post
New York Times best seller
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Winner of the Orwell Prize
Longlisted for the National Book Award
English, R. (2012). Armed Struggle. https://www.audible.com/pd/Armed-Struggle-Audiobook/1515942791?qid=1615857221&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=TP3WP375QK2ZX0WQRTGP
"Richard English's brilliant audiobook offers a detailed history of the IRA, providing invaluable historical depth to our understanding of the modern-day Provisionals, the more militant wing formed in 1969 dedicated to the removal of the British Government from Northern Ireland and the reunification of Ireland. English examines the dramatic events of the Easter Rising in 1916 and the bitter guerrilla war of 1919-21, the partitioning of Ireland in the 1920s, and the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Here, too, are the IRA campaigns in Northern Ireland and Britain from the 1930s through the 1960s. He shows how the Provisionals were born out of the turbulence generated by the 1960s civil rights movement, and examines the escalating violence that introduced British troops to the streets of Northern Ireland. He also examines the split in the IRA that produced the Provisionals, the introduction of internment in 1971, and the tragedy of Bloody Sunday in 1972."
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"Richard English's study is the most probing and thorough analysis of the "Provies" ever. He ranges wider and uses a broader variety of sources than any previous writer. He seems to have read almost everything relevant, and has interviewed many key participants." - Stephen Howe, Independent
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