Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life
Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.
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Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict. Publishers Weekly Conroy's account of day-to-day life in Northern Ireland provides a context in which ordinary people in Belfast's small, working-class Catholic district of Clonard can be seen and heard. ``This is an informative, powerful, sensitive evocation of people who `don't need any practice' in suffering,'' praised PW. (Mar.)
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Conroy's account of day-to-day life in Northern Ireland provides a context in which ordinary people in Belfast's small, working-class Catholic district of Clonard can be seen and heard. ``This is an informative, powerful, sensitive evocation of people who `don't need any practice' in suffering,'' praised PW. (Mar.)\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsIn the 1980s, Conroy, a Chicago journalist, lived on the front lines of the troubles in Northern Ireland, among the people most affected by the conflict. This is his street-level view, vividly narrated. Originally published in 1987. With a new afterword written in the era of the IRA cease-fire. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
