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Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero
Fearghal McGarry
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paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Very good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Internally crisp and clean and remains a very good copy
Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A guerrilla leader and protege of Michael Collins, he rose rapidly through the ranks of the republican movement. By 1922 he was chief of staff of the IRA, a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's Supreme Council, and a Sinn Fein deputy in Dail Eireann. As chief of police, O'Duffy was the strongest defender of the Irish Free State only to become, after his emergence as leader of the Blueshirt movement in 1933, the greatest threat to its survival. Increasingly drawn to international fascism, he founded Ireland's ... Read more
Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A guerrilla leader and protege of Michael Collins, he rose rapidly through the ranks of the republican movement. By 1922 he was chief of staff of the IRA, a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's Supreme Council, and a Sinn Fein deputy in Dail Eireann. As chief of police, O'Duffy was the strongest defender of the Irish Free State only to become, after his emergence as leader of the Blueshirt movement in 1933, the greatest threat to its survival. Increasingly drawn to international fascism, he founded Ireland's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199226672
SKU
KSG0031430
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99-1
Reviews for Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero
Fearghal McGarry has written an outstanding book which well demonstrates that in order to succeed a biographer does not need to admire his subject ... McGarry writes with great clarity and flair, combining analysis and narrative in the most assured of ways. Both the general and specialist reader will find this an immensely satifysing read. Michael Hopkinson, History Journal