Book Review on Sabine Wichert’s “Northern Ireland since 1945”
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Book Review on Sabine Wichert's "Northern Ireland since 1945" 'Northern Ireland since 1945' is a study of one of the Post-war World's most intractable trouble spots that covers the general history of the whole province, not only the 'Ulster Problem'. The book, written by a German academic resident, is an analysis of political, economic and cultural development in Northern Ireland between 1945 and 1991. Sabine Wichert, a Senior Lecturer in History has been teaching at the Queens University Belfast since 1971, supremely placed to take an objective informed view on this area. The authors' major aim is to analyse and explain Northern Irish history, especially the time after World War Two. In her book she takes a close look at Northern Ireland's current past, which is in fact very important to understand the whole region as it is today, pointing out that the reason for this kind of history exists because the...

