Unionism Decayed is the book that finally lifts the lid on the catastrophic failure of political unionism over the past decade. The alleged "peace process" which culminated in the Good Friday Agreement has been a monumental fraud and this book shows how unionist participation in it has profoundly weakened the Union, rewarded terrorists and facilitated the corruption of the democratic process. This book also confounds the accepted wisdom of the political establishment that appeasement of terrorists is a price worth paying. It forcefully points out that doing wrong can never be right. From the Ulster Unionist David Trimble's first faltering steps into the IRA/Sinn Fein boudoir in 1997 to Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley's full blooded embrace of Martin McGuinness in 2007, this book charts the serial failure of the leadership of Unionism to stand by its principles. It also provides a candid insight into the various major unionist personalities over this ten year period. It laments the shameful betrayal of the RUC, the subversion of the established Churches, the tragic self- defeat of the Orange Order and the elevation of loyalist terrorists as spokesmen for this brave new world. This book is essential reading for anyone who supports the aims of the global war on terror. It clearly demonstrates that an honourable peace cannot be bought by appeasing evil, it must be won by defeating it. The institutionalising of terrorism in Northern Ireland sets a dangerous precedent for the rest of the democratic world. The corrupt template it provides encourages terrorist groups everywhere - from Hamas, to ETA, to FARC. Edmund Burke observed that "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion". Unionism Decayed shows how democracy is twisted out of all recognition when the State and its many agencies maintain such delusions
Unionism Decayed: 1997 - 2007
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David Vance is a political commentator who appears regularly on TV and Radio and has been widely published in the press. He is also the Editor of the popular political web site A Tangled Web. Having spent some time inside political unionism, he now provides commentary on a range of political issues. He remains a trenchant critic of the Good Friday Agreement which appeases terrorists and debases democracy.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Ryan
Format:Paperback
If your looking the viewpoint of a one-sided, extremist Unionist, then this is the Book for you. I wouldnt recommend this book for any sort of fair insight into the politics of modern Northern Ireland.
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By NRG
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"I came home from town today to find the book lying on the mat" - but I manged to read the whole book and fire of a review in the one evening. Mmmm... there is the smell of rat in the air.
This book will have limited appeal, but it breaks the silence concerning the political mendacity around the so called Northern Ireland peace process. For too long anyone who dares to question any aspect of the peace process, such as the wisdom of having a terrorist godfather as deputy first minister, has been silenced though insult, loss of financial opportunity, discrimination, threat, bludgeon or bullet. The review above is little more than another crude attempt at censorship.
This book will have limited appeal, but it breaks the silence concerning the political mendacity around the so called Northern Ireland peace process. For too long anyone who dares to question any aspect of the peace process, such as the wisdom of having a terrorist godfather as deputy first minister, has been silenced though insult, loss of financial opportunity, discrimination, threat, bludgeon or bullet. The review above is little more than another crude attempt at censorship.
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Jo
Format:Paperback
If you wish to understand anything about Northern Ireland politics and history rather than read an egotistical self-publicised, often ungrammatical and illiterate piece of extreme right-wing polemic, then this is not the book for you. From the amatuerish artwork on the cover to the extraordinarily one-sided coverage of political events, this is the work of a complete amateur, which the average 16 year old could better.
Ostensibly opposing *terrorism* of all types, the author cannot come to grips with Irish nationalism/republicanism nor the fact that Sinn Fein (the political wing of the Provisional IRA) has changed dramatically in the last decade, forsaking violence for a say in the government of the troubled state.
The author's bitterness at the path trodden by electorally successful Unionists completely blinds him and the unsuspecting reader to any understanding of political reality or the nature of politics in a divided society. For Vance, the problem is the violence of the IRA who in his view are the "real" terrorists. "The IRA killed thousands." he says. They simply didn't.
Token condemnation of loyalist paramilitaries peppers the text, but sectarianism such as provocative marching in Catholic areas by loyalists is fine in his view and in this book. The electoral success of Sinn Fein in the 90s and 00s drives him apoplectic with rage and any shred of his pretence at being a democrat flies out the window in his preference to have no local government in N. Ireland rather than one which contains democratically elected non-unionist Catholics.
It would be a serious mistake to correlate his views with any sizeable consituency in modern Ireland.... Read more ›
Ostensibly opposing *terrorism* of all types, the author cannot come to grips with Irish nationalism/republicanism nor the fact that Sinn Fein (the political wing of the Provisional IRA) has changed dramatically in the last decade, forsaking violence for a say in the government of the troubled state.
The author's bitterness at the path trodden by electorally successful Unionists completely blinds him and the unsuspecting reader to any understanding of political reality or the nature of politics in a divided society. For Vance, the problem is the violence of the IRA who in his view are the "real" terrorists. "The IRA killed thousands." he says. They simply didn't.
Token condemnation of loyalist paramilitaries peppers the text, but sectarianism such as provocative marching in Catholic areas by loyalists is fine in his view and in this book. The electoral success of Sinn Fein in the 90s and 00s drives him apoplectic with rage and any shred of his pretence at being a democrat flies out the window in his preference to have no local government in N. Ireland rather than one which contains democratically elected non-unionist Catholics.
It would be a serious mistake to correlate his views with any sizeable consituency in modern Ireland.... Read more ›
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