{"product_id":"learning-behind-bars-deiter-reinisch-9781487545826","title":"Learning Behind Bars: How IRA Prisoners Shaped the Peace Process in Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning behind Bars\u003c\/em\u003e is an oral history of former Irish republican prisoners in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1971, the year internment was introduced, and 2000, when the high-security Long Kesh Detention Centre\/HM Prison Maze closed. Dieter Reinisch outlines the role of politically motivated prisoners in ending armed conflicts as well as the personal and political development of these radical activists during their imprisonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive life-story interviews with Irish Republican Army (IRA) ex-prisoners, the book examines how political prisoners developed their intellectual positions through the interplay of political education and resistance. It sheds light on how prisoners used this experience to initiate the debates that eventually led to acceptance of the peace process in Northern Ireland. Politically relevant and instructive, \u003ci\u003eLearning behind Bars\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the value of education, politics, and resistance in the harshest of social environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dieter Reinisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487545827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487545826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Dieter Reinisch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069661933823,"sku":"9781487545826","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f88c5893-f9ae-47b5-bcd9-185bcbba2732.jpg?v=1685425823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/learning-behind-bars-deiter-reinisch-9781487545826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}