A secret history of the IRA

Critics

• Opportunists and tacticians, but poor strategists

  On the back of the dust cover there proudly appears the following quote from the Sunday Times towards the end of last year: 'Ed Moloney's authoritative and devastating Penguin History of the IRA is just around the corner.' Well, up to a point. Ed Mol ... (read full critics)

  spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• The Taming of a Terrorist

  Even in Ireland, where popular culture used to be skeptical and irreverent, there are now magazines devoted to the worship of celebrities. The best-selling native equivalent of People in the US or Hello in Europe is called VIP. Its issue for Septembe ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sat, 21 Aug 2010

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  Outstanding account of the rise of the Provisional IRA, and the leadership of Gerry Adams to bring about a cease-fire against all odds in Northern Ireland. Lies, deceit, the bullet and the bomb were all part of his plan to achieve his end.

  I must confess I couldn't put the book down. This is w ... (continue)

  Outstanding account of the rise of the Provisional IRA, and the leadership of Gerry Adams to bring about a cease-fire against all odds in Northern Ireland. Lies, deceit, the bullet and the bomb were all part of his plan to achieve his end.

  I must confess I couldn't put the book down. This is writing of history at its best. A superb achievement by Ed Moloney.

  Perhaps I should add as a postscript:
  How much can be believed?

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• English Books
• Paperback 624 Pages
• ISBN-10: 014101041X
• ISBN-13: 9780141010410
• Publisher: Penguin
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2003
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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