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Fifteen minutes before five o'clock on Good Friday, 1998, Senator George Mitchell was informed that his long and difficult quest for an Irish peace accord had succeeded - the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland, and the governments of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, would sign the agreement. Now Mitchell, who served as independent chairman of the peace talks for the length of the process, tells us the inside story of the grueling road to this momentous accord.
Here, for the first time, we are given a behind-the-scenes view of the principal players - the personalities who shaped the process - and of the contentious, at times vitriolic, proceedings. We learn how, as the deadline approached, extremist violence and factional intransigence almost drove the talks to collapse.
And we witness the intensity of the final negotiating session, the interventions of Ahern and Blair, the late-night phone calls from President Clinton, a last-ditch attempt at disruption by Paisley, and ultimately an agreement that, despite subsequent inflammatory acts aimed at destroying it, has set Northern Ireland's future on track toward a more lasting peace.
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Politics and government, Peace movements, History, International Mediation, Belfast Agreement (1998), Bemiddelaren, Politieke conflicten, Vredesverdragen, Bemiddeling, Politiek geweld, Vredesonderhandelingen, Political science, New York Times reviewed, Peace, Politics, Government, Konfliktlösung, Vredesbeweging, Friede, Politischer Konflikt, Memoiren, Konfliktmanagement, PolitikPeople
George J. Mitchell (1933-)Places
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Making peace
2000, University of California Press
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0520225236 9780520225237
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Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
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