An Archaeology of the Troubles

McAtackneys is a study that demonstrates the possibilities Foucault saw within the concept of archaeology and, as a consequence, it is a work that expands the possibilities of this disciplinemoving them in productive and enabling directions. * George Legg, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies * [McAtackney] provides a new interpretation and understanding of existing material. By asking new questions of already collected and published material and by using a different methodological approach to analyse these sources, she writes a new and different history of Long Kesh/HMP Maze in particular and political imprisonment in the 6 Counties in general. Indeed, telling an already known story differently from the accepted historical, academic narrative is a remarkable achievement that makes her book an outstanding publication ... one of the most remarkable publications in recent years. * Dieter Reinisch, Saoirse - Irish Freedom * Laura McAtackney's An Archaeology of the Troubles provides a creative, provocative and emotive interpretation of the Northern Irish Troubles that successfully expands upon traditional historiographical approaches to add new insight into a conflict that had a profound regional, national and international impact. Her study is meticulously researched, innovatively presented and thoughtfully written. It provides an important contribution to literature on Northern Irish politics, the prison and archaeology. * Ian Miller, Irish Economic and Social History *