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For those who knew how to read them, some very interesting smoke signals emerged from Northern Ireland during the summer of 1993.On 31 August 1994 the IRA announced a ceasefire and for almost eighteen months it seemed as though peace had broken out.The Northern Ireland Peace Process 1993 1996: A Chronologyrecords the developments those hopeful years, charting inter-governmental talks, seemingly minor incidents whose significance became apparent only months later and dramatic political shifts and turns. Explanatory essays about the major turning points in the peace process are woven into a political diary which has becomethebook on the subject."