John Hume in America: from Derry to DC. By Maurice Fitzpatrick. Pp 223. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. 2017. €24.99

Critical scholarship on Hume remains relatively limited despite his dominant presence on the intellectual side of the peace process. [...]the ‘St Patrick's Day Statement’, introduced by the so-called Four Horsemen (Governor Hugh Carey, Senator Edward Kennedy, Congressman Tip O'Neill and Se...

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Published in:Irish historical studies 2019, Vol.43 (164), p.369-370
Main Author: Scull, Margaret M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Ahern, Bertie
Blair, Tony
Campbell, Ian
Carter, Jimmy
Clinton, Bill
Kennedy, Edward M
Moynihan, Daniel P
Oral history
Peace
Testimony
White, Barry
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Summary:Critical scholarship on Hume remains relatively limited despite his dominant presence on the intellectual side of the peace process. [...]the ‘St Patrick's Day Statement’, introduced by the so-called Four Horsemen (Governor Hugh Carey, Senator Edward Kennedy, Congressman Tip O'Neill and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan) in the late 1970s, is described as a ‘Washington institution’ (p. 57). The author also offers no critical engagement with the methodology behind this book.
ISSN:0021-1214
2056-4139
DOI:10.1017/ihs.2019.89