Ireland in the Twentieth Century

Name: Ireland in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9781403968425

ISBN-10: 140396842X

ISBN-13: 9781403968425

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Authors: Tim Pat Coogan

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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…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 896
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 2.25" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Tim Pat Coogan was editor of the Irish Press and is now recognised as Irelandï¿½s leading popular historian of the twentieth century. He is based in Dublin, Ireland.



Illustrations


Preface



Grasping the Orange Nettle



Aftermath and Civil War



From Blood to Book-Keeping



Ourselves (Very Much) Alone



Stormont: A Body Impolitic



Republicans Fall and Rise, Croziers Fall



Lemass: The Window-Opener



The Green Flickers Out, The Orange Ignites



Decade of Dissension



Paisley the Parliamentarian



Sinn Fein Re-emerges



The Peace Process



Culture and Society


Notes


Acknowledgements and Sources


Bibliography


Appendices


Index