Tim Pat Coogan provides detailed information on everything connected with the IRA, from its training and court martial proceedings, to how its volunteers and prisoners think and act, to an in-depth portrait of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams. the IRA is the most comprehensive and objective book on the subject. It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in Ireland's history, and its future.

The I.R.A.

History

Tim Pat Coogan

World

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Coogan, Tim Pat. The Troubles - Ireland's ordeal 1966-1995 and the search for peace. London, Hutchinson, 1995. 24cm. xv, 460 pages with 16 pages of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. An up-to-date, engaging chronicle of the causes, effects, and many dimensions of 30 years of violent struggle in IrelandIn this widely acclaimed study of the complex conflicts in contemporary Northern Ireland, Tim Pat Coogan offers a clear, balanced, and reflective assessment of that struggle -- and a new epilogue to address the recent breakdown of the 1994 cease-fire. An authoritative observer of the nationalist cause with strong political contacts on both sides of the border, Coogan sets the historical context for the resurgence of centuries-old tensions that led to the civil protest and pogroms of 1969. He examines the reasons for -- and the snowballing reactions to -- the introduction of British forces to the streets of Derry and Belfast. Photos bring the events and personalities sharply into focus as he insightfully probes the spread of IRA violence to key locations in Britain, and the responses of the British government, its troops, and various Union organizations. In this new edition, Coogan discusses the continuing argument over weapons, the resumed IRA bombings in February 1996, and the significance of recent elections. Having gained the confidence of the combatants, he presents exclusive interviews and examines the prospects for peace. Coogan fills this book with quotes, personal reportage, and wry wit.... This title should be part of any history or current events collection. (Source: Library Journal Starred Review)

The Troubles

Europe

London, UK Hutchinson & Co., Ltd

A rousing history of Ireland in its most tumultous century by one of the most well-known and beloved Irish writers of our time.
Tim Pat Coogan's Ireland in the Twentieth Century will be a must-read for his legion of fans and anyone interested in Ireland's path through the twentieth century. Encompassing the violent and bloody days of the early twentieth century and peopled with such characters as Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera and James Joyce, this promises to be one of the most popular histories of Ireland yet written. Bringing the story up to the present day, Ireland in the Twentieth Century will become, like Coogan's The IRA and The Troubles, standard bearers in the canon of Irish history.

Ireland in the 20th Century

Palgrave New York

When Michael Collins signed the Anglo Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, " I may have signed my actual death warrant." And in August 1922, that prophecy came true - Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman. So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his vision and legacy lived on. This authoritative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigor and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organizational abilities.

Michael Collins A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

ARROW (RAND)

From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after a longer period in power than any other 20th-century leader, Eamon de Valera has both defined and divided Ireland. He was directly responsible for the Irish Constitution, Fianna Fail (the largest Irish political party) and the Irish Press Group. He helped create a political church-state monolith with continuing implications for Northern Ireland, the social role of women, the Irish language and the whole concept of an Irish nation. Many of the challenges he confronted are still troubling the peace of Ireland and of Britain, and some of the problems are his legacy. This biography is by the author of "Michael Collins".

De Valera - Long Fellow, Long Shadow

Arrow

Eamon de Valera: The man who was Ireland

Barnes&Noble

Ireland in the Twentieth Century

A rousing history of Ireland in its most tumultous century by one of the most well-known and beloved Irish writers of our time. Tim Pat Coogan's Ireland in the Twentieth Century will be a must-read for his legion of fans and anyone interested in Ireland's path through the twentieth century. Encompassing the violent and bloody days of the early twentieth century and peopled with such characters as Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera and James Joyce, this promises to be one of the most popular histories of Ireland yet written. Bringing the story up to the present day, Ireland in the Twentieth Century will become, like Coogan's The IRA and The Troubles, standard bearers in the canon of Irish history.

Americas

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Easter Rising.\nThe 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government’s execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new – and ultimately successful – struggle for Ireland’s independence, shaping their country’s destiny for the century to come.\nBut what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of ‘MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse’?\nBest-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising – charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic’s founding fathers.

1916: The Mornings After

Head of Zeus

The history of Ireland for much of the Twentieth century is the history of Eamon De Valera. From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after longer in power than any other twentieth century leader, de Valera has both defined and divided Ireland. He was directly responsible for the Irish Constitution, Fianna Fail (the largest Irish political party) and the Irish Press Group. He helped create a political church-state monolith with continuing implications for Northern Ireland, the social role of women, the Irish language and the hole concept of an Irish nation. Many of the challenges he confronted are still troubling the peace of Ireland and of Britain, and some of the problems are his legacy. For de Valera was a world figure who attempted to confine his nation of disciples to the narrowest of cultural and intellectual horizons.

De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow

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