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A New Ireland: Politics, Peace, and Reconciliation
Hume recounts the struggle for the nationalist community's rights and presents a blueprint for peace.
- GenresHistoryIrelandNonfiction
224 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1996
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John Hume
31 books4 followersJohn Hume, KCSG was an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble.
He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a position he held from 1979 until 2001. He served as a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process. He is also a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Martin Luther King Award, the only recipient of the three major peace awards. In 2010 he was named "Ireland's Greatest" in a public poll by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ to find the greatest person in Ireland's history. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI made Hume a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great.
He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a position he held from 1979 until 2001. He served as a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process. He is also a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Martin Luther King Award, the only recipient of the three major peace awards. In 2010 he was named "Ireland's Greatest" in a public poll by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ to find the greatest person in Ireland's history. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI made Hume a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great.
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May 8, 2013
I read this for my class, Peace and Reconciliation at GRCC, and it was incredible. We went to Ireland for Study Abroad and had the great pleasure of meeting John Hume at the Guild Hall in Derry, and it was unreal. The image he casts for a peaceful Ireland is not only powerful for their particular case, but holds merit and promise for the rest of the world in situations of strife.
If you seek a political path to peace, and seek successful models to investigate, read this book.
If you seek a political path to peace, and seek successful models to investigate, read this book.
February 17, 2017
Eloquent and inspiring case for non-violence in the north of Ireland.
May 28, 2019
God bless you, John Hume. Your politics of peace, respect for difference and reconciliation inspires not only my political outlook but also my personal and professional one.
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