Week by week Newsweek investigates a current issue in context and in close-up, and analyses the ideas that matter now and in the future. Ireland - The American Dimension Leading American politicians are increasingly speaking out on the problems of Ireland. British reaction has been cool, but it is certain to become an issue in the Presidential election campaign.
For the IRA the Irish-American community has been a steady source of money and weapons.
From the United States, Richard Kershaw reports on the American understanding of Ireland, and assesses the value of the American perspective.
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