Political Violence in Ireland

by Charles Townshend

"A significant contribution to the historical dimensions of a tragic contemporary subject."--Choice"Townshend handles a great range of primary and secondary sources with outstanding coolness, judiciousness and flair."--Irish History"the outstanding authority on a subject of vital importance."--A.J.P. Taylor, London Review of Books

Genres: History, Ireland, War, Irish Literature

456 pages, Hardcover

First published January 26, 1984

About the author

Charles Townshend FBA (born 1945) is a British historian with particular expertise on the historic role of British imperialism in Ireland and Palestine.

Townshend is currently Professor of International History at Keele University. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2008.