A new book from a former member of the Provisional IRA provides a valuable history of the struggle for a united Ireland but comes up short in its analysis of how to move Irish politics forward today.

Any list of industries in decline in modern Britain would surely have to include the publishing of left-wing books about Ireland. Once a staple of British radicalism, Ireland has now been downgraded to Z by the leftist political credit-ratings agencies. And yet, here is a new book on the journey of the IRA from its Bombay Street holdout in West Belfast, burnt down by loyalists in 1969, to seats in Ireland’s two parliaments.

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