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Architects Of The Resurrection - Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAisérghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland, 1942-1958 - 9780719079733 - V9780719079733
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Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAisérghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland, 1942-1958

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Description for Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAisérghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland, 1942-1958 hardcover. Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtiri na hAiseirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light of ultra-right extremism in the postwar world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.

In 1942 Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin, a young pro-Axis activist, founded Ailtirí na hAiséirghe ("Architects of the Resurrection"), a fascist movement that aimed to destroy the infant Irish democracy and replace it with a one-party totalitarian state.

But Ailtirí na hAiséirghe was no Nazi imitator. Rather, it aimed at something far more ambitious: the fusion of totalitarianism and Christianity that would make Ireland a "missionary-ideological state" wielding global influence in the postwar era. Supported by idealistic youths and mainstream politicians like Ernest Blythe, Oliver J. Flanagan and Dan Breen—and scrutinised anxiously by British and American intelligence—Aiséirghe won several seats ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719079733
SKU
V9780719079733
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About Architects Of The Resurrection
R. M. Douglas is Associate Professor of History at Colgate University -- .

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