{"product_id":"the-edge-of-the-union","title":"The Edge of the Union","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Northern Ireland `Troubles', Ulster's once dominant unionists are an increasingly alienated people.  In this timely assessment of the prospects for peace, Steve Bruce examines the embittered world-view of two key sections of Ulster unionism: the loyalist terrorists and the evangelical supporters of Ian Paisley.   To get to the heart of the unionist position Bruce asks how they see the last twenty-five\n\u003cbr\u003eyears, what they want from the future, what they think they will get, what they will accept, and what they will fight to oppose.   He describes the Troubles as a deeply entrenched\n\u003cbr\u003eethnic conflict.  He argues that a failure to appreciate the strength of Loyalist identity has prevented a proper understanding of the Troubles and that continued neglect of the majority makes strategies for peace pointless or counter-productive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058288447726,"sku":"9780198279761","price":94.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-edge-of-the-union","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}