Conor Cruise O'Brien, in National Review (Apr. 26,1993), 150 E. 35th St., New York, N.Y. 10016.
During more than two decades of terrorism in, and from, Northern Ireland, the prevailing po- litical wisdom has been that patient negotia- tions will eventually lead to a general solution, which will then isolate the terrorists and ren- der them harmless. This approach-exempli- fied the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985- has failed, Irish historian and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien argues. It is time,...