Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity: The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism

A significant contribution. Exposes the limitation of commonly held views that loyalism was apolitical and merely sectarian' - Professor Peter Shirlow, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast 'Novosel's study of the UVF and its attempts to develop a politicised loyalism challenges the standard one-dimensional representation of loyalism that so dominates the media and popular imagination' - Graham Spencer, author of The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland 'Integral to an understanding of the Conflict Transformation Process which has made Northern Ireland a beacon of hope, and adds a vital component to the complex narrative of our recent history' - John Kyle, Belfast city councillor 'Novosel effectively challenges common perceptions. He demonstrates that some Loyalists offered hope when hope was most needed but faced constant obstruction by those challenged by their 'new thinking' - Roy Garland, Irish News