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Ruairí Ó Brádaigh – The Life and Politics of an Irish Revolutionary

Autor Robert W. White
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 feb 2006
"In a very real sense, Ruairi O Bradaigh can... be said to be the last, or one of the last Irish Republicans. Studies of the Provisional movement to date have invariably focused more on the Northerners and the role of people like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. But an understanding of them is not possible without appreciating where they came from and from what tradition they have broken. Ruairi O Bradaigh is that tradition and that is why this account of his life and politics is so important." from the foreword by Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA
Since the mid-1950s, Ruairi O Bradaigh has played a singular role in the Irish Republican Movement. He is the only person who has served as chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army, as president of the political party Sinn Fein, and to have been elected, as an abstentionist, to the Dublin parliament. Today, he is the most prominent and articulate spokesperson of those Irish Republicans who reject the peace process in Northern Ireland. His rejection is rooted in his analysis of Irish history and his belief that the peace process will not achieve peace. Instead it will support the continued partition of Ireland and result in continued, inevitable, conflict.
The child of Irish Republican veterans, O Bradaigh has led IRA raids, been arrested and interned, escaped and been "on the run," and even spent a period of time on a hunger strike. An articulate spokesman for the Irish Republican cause, he has at different times been excluded from Northern Ireland, Britain, the United States, and Canada. He was a key figure in the secret negotiation of a bilateral IRA-British truce. His "Notes" on these negotiations offer special insight to the 1975 truce, the IRA cease-fires of the 1990s, and the current peace process in Ireland.
O Bradaigh has been a staunch defender of the traditional Republican position of abstention from participation in the parliaments in Dublin, Belfast, and Westminster. When Sinn Fein voted to recognize these parliaments in 1970, he led the walkout of the party convention and spearheaded the creation of Provisional Sinn Fein. He served as president of Provisional Sinn Fein until 1983, when he was forced from the position by his successor, Gerry Adams. In 1986, with Adams as its president, Provisional Sinn Fein recognized the Dublin parliament. O Bradaigh led another walkout and later became president of Republican Sinn Fein, a position he still holds."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253347084
ISBN-10: 0253347084
Pagini: 476
Ilustrații: 24 b&w photographs, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Chronology
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Matt Brady and May Caffrey
2. The Brady Family: Irish Republicans in the 1930s and 1940s
3. Off to College and into Sinn Féin and the IRA: 1950 4. Arms Raids, Elections, and the Border Campaign: 1955 5. Derrylin, Mountjoy, and Teachta Dála: December 1956 6. TD, Internee, Escapee, and Chief of Staff: March 1957 7. Marriage and Ending the Border Campaign: June 1959 8. Political and Personal Developments in the 1960s: March 1962 9. Dream-Filled Romantics, Revolutionaries, and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association: 1965 10. The Provisionals: September 1968 11. The Politics of Revolution: Éire Nua, November 1970 12. International Gains and Personal Losses: January 1973 13. The Responsibilities of Leadership: November 1974 14. A Long War: March 1976 15. A New Generation Setting the Pace: October 1978 16. "Never, that's what I say to yoüNever": September 1981 17. "We are here and we are very much in business": October 1986 Epilogue
Afterword: The Legacy of Ruarí Ó Brádaigh
Notes on Sources
Works Cited
Index


Recenzii

“In a very real sense, Ruairí Ó Bradáigh can . . . be said to be the last, or one of the last Irish Republicans. Studies of the Provisional movement to date have invariably focused more on the Northerners and the role of people like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. But an understanding of them is not possible without appreciating where they came from and from what tradition they have broken. Ruairí Ó Bradáigh is that tradition and that is why this account of his life and politics is so important.” —from the foreword by Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA"Robert White has produced a fascinating biography, which deserves to be read byanyone with an interest in politics, not just those concerned with fringerepublicanism. White, an American academic, has produced a masterpiece ofdetailed research, in the course of which he had access to the key players and hugearchives. . . . This is the gold standard for political biography and, in an age whenacademics are often more concerned with meeting government targets than seriousresearch, it greatly deserves to be read."--Derek Wall, Red Pepper, November 2006

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Robert W. White

Descriere

A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement