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Paul Mitchell and Rick Wilford (eds), Politics in Northern Ireland. PSAI Press/Westview, 1998; 352pp; 0813335280 (pb) £22.30 Ruth Dudley Edwards, The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions, Harper Collins, 1999; xvi + 448 pp; 0002558637 (hb) £17.99. Kevin Haddick‐Flynn, Orangeism: The Making of a Tradition, Wolfhound Press, 1999; 448pp; 0863276598 (hb) £30 George Mitchell, Making Peace The inside story of the making of the Good Friday Agreement. Heinemann, 1999; 192pp; 0434007552 (hb) £17.99. Sabine Wichert, Northern Ireland Since 1945 (2nd ed), Longman, 1999; 269pp; 0582326788 (pb) £13.99 James Anderson and James Goodman (eds), Dis/Agreeing Ireland: Contexts, Obstacles, Hopes, Pluto Press; 284pp; 0745312802 (hb) £45 Gerard Murray, John Hume and the SDLP: Impact and Survival in Northern Ireland. Irish Academic Press, 1998; 328pp; 071656441(hb) £29.50 David Miller (ed), Rethinking Northern Ireland. Longman, 1998; 328 pp; 0582302870 (pb) £14.99 Paul Hainsworth (ed), Divided Society: Ethnic Minorities and Racism in Northern Ireland, Pluto Press, 1998; 288pp; 0745311962 (hbk) £45, 0745311954 (pb) £14.99 Marie‐Therese Fay, Mike Morrissey and Marie Smith (eds), Northern Ireland's Troubles: The Human Costs. Pluto Press, 1999; 229pp; 0745313795 (hb) £40 J. Anthony Gaughan (ed), Memoirs of Senator James G. Douglas: Concerned Citizen. UCD Press, 1998; xii+212pp; 1900621193 (hb) £24.99. Walter McDonald, Some Ethical Questions of Peace and War with introduction by Tom Garvin; UCD Press, 1998, ‐ first published 1919, xx+140pp; 1900621185 (pb) £9.95. P. S. O'Hegarty The Victory of Sinn Féin with introduction by Tom Garvin; UCD Press, 1998 ‐ first published 1924, xx+164pp; 1900621177 (pb) £10.95. James Lydon, The making of Ireland from ancient times to the present. Routledge, 1998; 440 pp; 0415013488 (pb) £19.99 Peter Hart, The I.R.A. and Its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916–1923. Clarendon Press, 1998; 350pp; 0198205376 (hbk) £40 David McCullagh, A Makeshift Majority: The First Inter‐party Government, 1948–51. Institute of Public Administration, 1998; 340pp; 1872002692 (pb) £18. Eithne MacDermott, Clann na Poblachta, Cork University Press. 1998. 248pp; 1859181872 (pb) £12.95 Conor Cruise O'Brien, Memoir: My Life and Themes. Poolbeg Press, 1998; 460pp; 1853718777 (hb) £20.00. Richard English and Joseph Morrison Skelly (eds), Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Poolbeg Press, 1998; 1853718823 £12.99 Mike Cronin, Sport and Nationalism in Ireland: Gaelic Games, Soccer and Irish Identity since 1884. Four Courts Press, 1999; 224pp; 1851824081 (hb) £35, 1851824561 (pb) £14.95 Eunan O'Halpin, Defending Ireland: the Irish State and its Enemies Since 1922. Oxford University Press, 1999; xvi + 382pp; 0198204264 (hbk) £29.95 William Crotty and David E. Schmitt (eds), Ireland and the Politics of Change. Longman, 1998; 250 pp; 0582328942 (pb) £14.99 Neil Collins (ed), Political Issues in Ireland Today (2nd ed.), Manchester University Press, 1999; 210pp; 0719054044 (pb) £12.99, 0719054036 (hb) £40 Frank Barry (ed), Understanding Ireland's Economic Growth. Macmillan, 1999; 256pp; 0333733622 (hbk) £45 Bobby McDonagh, Original Sin in a Brave New World: An account of the negotiation of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Institute of European Affairs, 1998; 1874109400 (pb) £15 Peter Mair, Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations. Clarendon, 1998; 244pp; 019829235 (pb) £15.98 David Broughton and Mark Donovan (eds), Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. Pinter, 1999. 315pp; 1855673282 (pb) £16.99 Bill McSweeney (ed), Moral issues in international affairs: problems of European integration. Macmillan, 1998; 265pp; 0312211287 (hbk) £35 Chrystel Hug, The Politics of Sexual Morality in Ireland. Macmillan Press, 1999; 296pp; 0333662172 (pb) £16.99 Rick Wilford and Robert L Miller (eds), Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism: The politics of transition. Routledge, 1998; 224pp; 0415171377(pb) £14.99, 0415171369(hb) £45 Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell (eds), How Ireland Voted 1997. PSAI Press/Westview, 1999; 335pp; 0813332184 (pb) £17.50 Yvonne Galligan, Eilis Ward and Rick Wilford (eds), Contesting Politics: Women in Ireland, North and South. PSAI Press/ Westview, 1999; 278 pp; 0813334179 (pb) £19.50