The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish HistoryBased on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present day crisis. Along the way, he sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from ex Prime Minister John