Title Deniable contact : back-channel negotiation in Northern Ireland / Niall Ó Dochartaigh

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Summary "Despite the importance of secret negotiations during the Northern Ireland conflict there is no full-length study of the use of back-channels in repeated efforts to end the 'Troubles'. This book provides a textured account that extends our understanding of the distinctive dynamics of negotiations conducted in secret and the conditions conducive to the negotiated settlement of conflict. It disrupts and challenges some conventional notions about the conflict in Northern Ireland, offering a fresh analysis of the political dynamics and the intra-party struggles that sustained violent conflict and prevented settlement for so long. It draws on theories of negotiation and mediation to understand why efforts to end the conflict through back-channel negotiations repeatedly failed before finally succeeding in the 1990s. It challenges the view that the conflict persisted because of irreconcilable political ideologies and argues that the parties to conflict were much more open to compromise than the often-intransigent public rhetoric suggested. The analysis is founded on a rich store of historical evidence, including the private papers of key Irish republican leaders and British politicians, recently released papers from national archives in Dublin and London, and the papers of Brendan Duddy, the intermediary who acted as the primary contact between the IRA and the British government during key phases of engagement, including papers that have not yet been made publicly available. This documentary evidence, combined with original interviews with politicians, mediators, civil servants, and republicans, allows a vivid picture to emerge of the complex maneuvering at this intersection"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed July 19, 2021) Subject Negotiation -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century Secrecy -- Political aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century Secrecy -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Northern Ireland Social conflict -- Northern Ireland Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes. Politics and government Social conflict Political violence Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes Diplomatic relations Negotiation SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092558 Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1968-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092561 Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland Subject Great Britain Ireland Northern Ireland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192647641 0192647644 9780191915642 0191915645

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