World Politics Book Review - ‘A Pathway to Peace’

... World Politics Book Review - 'A Pathway to Peace' Author: Gerry Adams Publisher: The Mercier Press Cork and Dublin Year of Publication: 1988 This book was written by Gerry Adams, the President of the Sinn Féin, as a collection of his uncensored views to bringing peace to Northern Ireland. His view is that the six counties in Northern Ireland should be allowed complete self-determination, which in turn would lead to a unified Irish island. However, because of the British interests in Northern Ireland, this has been prevented both through military means as well as political veto. Gerry Adams proposes a strategy to create peace and Irish unity, and the need for the retreat of the British from matters concerning Northern Ireland. The majority of the book mentions the right for self-determination in the six counties and how the British State has wrongfully denied this. Firstly he reviews the Hillsborough Treaty, which was signed in 1985. He

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