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An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process.
Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the organization that has transformed the Irish nationalist movement this century. With clarity and detachment, Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence, and now their role in the latest attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organization, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants.

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Updated edition of this history of the IRA, now including information on the advances made through the peace process. 60 b/w plates.

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An updated edition of this unique, best selling history of the IRA, now including behind-the -scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organisation, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants.

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An updated edition of this unique, best selling history of the IRA, now including behind-the -scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organisation, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants.

Author Biography

Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled interest in Collins and his era. He is also the author of The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, Wherever Green is Worn and The Famine Plot.

Review

'No student of Irish history can afford to ignore this book. No scholar is likely to improve upon it... A fascinating book, of the greatest possible value to us all' TLS 'A very sensible and fair-minded assessment of a uniquely controversial organization' The Times 'Remarkably comprehensive' Economist

Long Description

An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the organization that has transformed the Irish nationalist movement this century. With clarity and detachment, Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence, and now their role in the latest attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organization, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants.

Review Quote

'No student of Irish history can afford to ignore this book. No scholar is likely to improve upon it… A fascinating book, of the greatest possible value to us all'TLS 'A very sensible and fair-minded assessment of a uniquely controversial organization'The Times 'Remarkably comprehensive'Economist

Feature

60 b/w plates (32pp) * Fully revised edition, now providing comprehensive coverage of the recent peace process * There is no competition for this definitive book * A thoroughly researched and non-partisan history * The IRA has sold over 121,000 copies to date

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An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the organization that has transformed the Irish nationalist movement this century. With clarity and detachment, Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence, and now their role in the latest attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organization, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants. * Fully revised edition, now providing comprehensive coverage of the recent peace process * There is no competition for this definitive book * A thoroughly researched and non-partisan history * The IRA has sold over 121,000 copies to date

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