@inbook{bbff835141974a5ebb6eac11b251cf2a,
title = "Ignatieff, Ireland and the 'lesser evil': Some problems with the lessons learnt",
abstract = "In writing The Lesser Evil Michael Ignatieff states that his purpose is to answer the question as to what means democracies can employ to defeat {\textquoteleft}terrorism{\textquoteright} without {\textquoteleft}destroying the values for which they stand{\textquoteright}.1 To do so, Ignatieff sought to learn from other terrorist emergencies, including the actions and policies employed by successive British Governments, over three decades, in conducting counter-insurgency strategies in Northern Ireland. The aim of this chapter is critically to analyse Ignatieff{\textquoteright}s reading of what policies the British State employed during the Northern Ireland conflict and the lessons Ignatieff appears to have learnt as a result. Ignatieff{\textquoteright}s method is one in which he argues for a particular approach to political ethics today, based upon examples from the past, such as that of Northern Ireland.",
author = "Mark McGovern",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2010 Bob Brecher, Mark Devenney and Aaron Winter for selection and editorial material; individual chapters, the contributors.",
year = "2010",
month = feb,
day = "9",
doi = "10.4324/9780203857342-13",
language = "English",
isbn = "0203857348",
series = "Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Inc.",
pages = "135--155",
editor = "Bob Brecher and Mark Devenney and Winter, {Aaron }",
booktitle = "Discourses and Practices of Terrorism",
address = "United States",
}