The Ulster Democratic Party leader, Gary McMichael, a signatory to the Good Friday Agreement, gives an insider"s perspective on the Loyalists" search for peace, a view often ignored by the U. S. media. McMichael"s thoughtful accounts of visits to the White House and meetings with British, Irish, and American politicians, as well as his insightful analyses of the ceasefires, the resumption of IRA violence, orange parades, and Unionist culture reveal a crucial part of the complex puzzle that is Northern Ireland today and the momentous events now taking place.