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The politics of illusion : a political history of the IRA / Henry Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, Henry, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Republican Army.
- History.
- Socialism.
- Republicanism.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1922-.
- Ireland.
- Politics and government.
- Republicanism--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Socialism--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Nationalism--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Nationalism.
- Irish Republican Army--History.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chicago, IL. : Serif, 1997.
- Summary:
- This is the first comprehensive study of the IRA's attempts to create a "social republicanism, " a marriage between militant nationalism and the politics of the left. From agitation among the peasantry in the 1920s to efforts in the 1990s to add a political dimension to purist nationalism in the form of Sinn Fein's "peace process, " Henry Patterson analyzes the various failed attempts to marry two fundamentally incompatible ideologies.
- Notes:
- "First published, in slightly different form, as The Politics of Illusion: Republicanism and Socialism in Modern Ireland by Hutchinson Radius in 1989".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1897959311
- OCLC:
- 38013658
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