Eoin O''duffy - A Self-Made Hero

Zusatztext A very good book indeed. McGarry is a talented writer. His exposition is always clear, his quotations and illustrations are always well-chosen and he has an understated and elegant style. This isn't a short book but it is very readbale: nicely paced, packed with illuminating detail and full engaged with its subject. Informationen zum Autor Fearghal McGarry is currently Lecturer in Irish history at Queen's University, Belfast. Previously he was Lecturer in Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin, and Governemnt of Irelend Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Klappentext Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A leader of the Irish revolution, and protege of Michael Collins, he commanded the Irish police and defense forces, before emerging as Ireland's leading fascist politician in the 1930s. A crusading moralist, obsessed with the need to counter public immorality, and a closet homosexual and alcoholic, O'Duffy's remarkable life was characterised by self-aggrandisement, fantasy, and contradiction. Zusammenfassung Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A crusading moralist, obsessed with the need to counter public immorality, and a closet homosexual and alcoholic, O'Duffy's remarkable life was characterised by self-aggrandisement, fantasy, and contradiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Joy to my Youth 2: The Best Man in Ulster 3: War to the Death in Monaghan 4: The Coming Man 5: The Flower of the Young Manhood of Ireland 6: Preaching the Gospel of National Virility 7: Red Terror 8: The Irish Mussolini 9: Hoch O'Duffy! 10: The Third Greatest Man in Europe 11: Ireland's Quisling Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Mcgarry, Fearghal Mcgarry, Fearghal (Lecturer in Irish History Mcgarry, McGarry Fearghal
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2005
• EAN: 9780199276554
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927655-4
• No. of pages: 470
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Terrorism, armed struggle, Biography: historical, political and military