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The IRA´s ability to exploit the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was central to the organisation´s capacity to wage its ´Long War´ over a quarter of a century. This book is the first to look at the role of the border in sustaining the Provisionals and its central role in Anglo-Irish relations throughout the Troubles.

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Introduction 1. The Border and Anglo-Irish Relations 1969-1973 2. Security Co-operation and Sunningdale 3. The ´Anti-National Coalition´ and Security Co-operation 4. Regression: Jack Lynch and the Border 5. Disarray on the Border and the Arrival of Thatcher 6. Haughey and Border Security Conclusion: ´Buying Themselves into Having a Political Say´

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Henry Patterson is Professor of Politics at the University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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