A Troubled Sleep

James Waller is Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and chair of that same department, at Keene State College (NH-US). He is the author of five books, most notably Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing and Confronting Evil: Engaging Our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide. Waller has held numerous visiting professorships, most recently as an honorary visiting research professor in the George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Justice and Security at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland (2017), as well as participating in policymaking and diplomatic efforts to prevent and respond to genocide and violent conflict. In 2017, he was the inaugural recipient of the Engaged Scholarship Prize from the International Association of Genocide Scholars in recognition of his exemplary engagement in advancing genocide awareness and prevention.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction: A Brutal Duality Part I - Wounded IdentitiesChapter 1: "You're One or the Other:" Social Identities in Deeply Divided SocietiesChapter 2: "Two Eyes on the Past:" Northern Ireland's Wounded HistoryPart II - Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern IrelandUnderstanding Risk and Resilience Chapter 3: "Was There Ever A Before?" The Tyranny of Memory Chapter 4: "With Deep Regret and Reluctance:" Governance in a Deeply Divided Society Chapter 5: "The Walls Entered Into Our Souls:" Social Fragmentation in Everyday Life Part III - A Troubled Sleep Chapter 6: "A Farewell to Peace?:" Escalating Risk and Fading Resilience Conclusion: "I Hope It Wasn't All a Waste:" Northern Ireland At Its Centenary EndmatterIndex

A Troubled Sleep is both a model for scholarship on contemporary issues and a gloomy forecast for the future of Northern Ireland. Waller brings immense scholarly skill to his effort to assess where the road ahead in Northern Ireland may lead ... There is a great deal of substance here, but Waller writes clearly, and one never feels bogged down by the complexities of Northern Ireland.