A detailed account of the 30-year development of civil and political unrest in Northern Ireland, with daily entries describing specific events. Includes short essays on major events of the last 30 years, such as Bloody Sunday, the Republican hunger strikes, the Anglo-Irish Agreement, and the historic Good Friday Agreement, assessing their significance and setting them in context. Bew teaches politics, and Gillespie teaches politics and sociology, at Queen's University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)