Eoin O'Duffy : a self-made hero / Fearghal McGarry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarry, Fearghal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--Ireland--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Revolutionaries--Ireland--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Fascists--Ireland--Biography.

Fascists.

Ireland--History--20th century--Biography.

Ireland.

O'Duffy, Eoin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A leader of the Irish revolution, and protégé; of Michael Collins, he commanded the Irish police and defence forces, before emerging as Ireland's leading fascist politician in the 1930's. 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. - ;Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A guerrilla leader

Contents:

Joy to my youth

The best man in Ulster

War to the death in Monaghan

The coming man

The flower of the young manhood of Ireland

Preaching the gospel of national virility

Red terror

The Irish Mussolini

Hoch O'Duffy!

The third greatest man in Europe

Ireland's quisling.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-416) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-75842-2

0-19-153482-X

1-4294-7084-4

OCLC:

476258707