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Paul Rouse recommends this book when discussing the negotiations leading to the Irish truce and treaty. He describes it as 'a brilliantly told story' that explains 'exactly what happened here within British politics, how the truce and then the treaty are constructed, but extending back to 1910.'

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Paul Rouse mentions 'a brilliant article in a book called Virtual History by Alvin Jackson' when discussing the counterfactual question of what would have happened if the First World War hadn't occurred and Home Rule had been introduced. The book contains an article by Alvin Jackson dealing with this particular question about Irish history.