De Valera and the Ulster question, 1917-1973

First published in 1982, this book constitutes a radical reintepretation of the lifelong preoccupation of Eamon de Valera, the great founding father of the independent Irish Republic, with the partition of Ireland. Bowman examines De Valera's own policy and his political legacy on a question that still lies at the heart of modern Irish politics and Anglo-Irish relations.