The Irish Diaries - (1994-2003)

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The four volumes of spokesman and strategist Alastair Campbell's diaries were a publishing sensation.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>As British Prime Minister Tony Blair's right-hand man former journalist and political analyst Campbell played a critical role in every aspect of New Labour strategy. Charting the course of British government from July 1994 to August 2003 Campbell¹s relentlessly honest often controversial occasionally brutal and always razor-sharp commentary has drawn critical acclaim from around the world.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This newly edited one-volume edition focuses on one of the Blair government's biggest successes the Northern Ireland peace process. From the high of the Good Friday agreement and devolution in Northern Ireland to the deadly lows of the Manchester and Omagh bombings </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Irish Diaries</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> explores the tensions all-night talks adrenalin-fuelled negotiations and heady personality clashes that are such an intrinsic part of democratic politics. Newly annotated and fully revised by Campbell and featuring commissioned material by key figures in the Irish peace process such as former Taoiseach Bertie AhernTony Blair and Alastair Campbell himself </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Irish Diaries</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is invaluable for readers with an interest in Irish history.</span></p><p></p><p></p>