Irish Store: Political Books Behind The Mask : The IRA And Sinn Fein Written by Peter Taylor Published by TV Books Inc Hardcover 432 pages 1997   The book tracks the I.R.A. from a time when it considered its war to be winnable to an interim period when it combined the tactics of politcs and terror.... Taylor doesn't try to examine the psychology of those who took up the gun, but he does capture the inevitability of that destiny for so many young Catholics growing up in the dreary housing projects of Belfast. Belfast Diary: War As A Way Of Life Written by John Conroy Published by Beacon Press Paperback 224 pages 1995   In the 1980s, Conroy, a Chicago journalist, lived on the front lines of the troubles in Northern Ireland, among the people most affected by the conflict. This is his street-level view, vividly narrated. Originally published in 1987. With a new afterword written in the era of the IRA cease-fire. Cage Eleven Written by Gerry Adams Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub Paperback 160 pages 1997   Gerry Adams, a Sinn Fein activist who led sit-ins, marches, and protests in Northern Ireland, was imprisoned without benefit of a trial. He suffered interrogations and torture during his four years at Long Kesh Prison, most of it in cell block "Cage Eleven." This collection of his essays about prison life was smuggled out of Long Kesh and published by the Irish Republican underground press. Ten Men Dead: The Story Of The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Written by David Beresford & Peter Maas Published by Atlantic Monthly Pr Paperback 344 pages 1997   Beresford puts in human terms the conduct of an often frightful and inhumane struggle. He makes the incomprehensible comprehensible; that is, he makes understandable how ten men could face their own death, brought on by voluntary fasting, even while watching their comrades waste and wither away. Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within The Ira's Soul Written by Kevin Toolis Published by St. Martin's Press Paperback 384 pages 1997   A harrowing portrait of the men and women of the IRA offers compelling portraits of individual IRA leaders, discusses the roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and examines the history and consequences of the organization's war against Britain from a personal perspective. Bloody Sunday: Massacre In Northern Ireland Written by Don Mullan & John Scally Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub Paperback 288 pages 1997   'The eyewitness accounts...are vivid, shocking, full of odd, aching detail, and bring back to mind the core fact of the matter, that Bloody Sunday was the biggest single act of injustice perpetrated against the Catholic section of the North's working class by the British State in the course of the Troubles.' The Ira : A History Written by Tim Pat Coogan Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub Paperback 554 pages 1994   When people think of the centuries-old struggle for home rule in Northern Ireland, they generally think of the Irish Republican Army. Now comess an exhaustive history of one of the most feared and misunderstood paramilitary groups of all time--by an authority on Irish affairs. back to the Ireland Store Books Page Last Updated: 22 Sep 2017 at 03:33 UTC You are visitor since 29 Apr 2002 page design & content copyright © 2002 Andrew S Harris return to britannia.org