John Hume in America: from Derry to DC

Foreword / by Senator George J. Mitchell

Preface

The journey towards politics, 1964/74

The American dimension unleashed

The growth of the Irish machine in Washington

Washington: shifting policy in London on Ireland, 1977/81

A politics of conscience: human rights and democracy

From rejection to acceptance

Hume/Adams, 1985/8

Washington and Europe, 1988/93

The political process and the peace process, 1993/8

Epilogue: echoes down the years

Appendix: John Hume's Nobel lecture.