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Michael Collins and the financing of violent political struggle / Nicholas Ridley.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridley, Nicholas, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in modern history ; 34.
- Routledge Studies in Modern History ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collins, Michael, 1890-1922--Influence.
- Collins, Michael.
- Political violence--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Political violence.
- Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1910-1921.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Summary:
- Michael Collins was a pivotal figure in the Irish struggle for independence and his legacy has resonated ever since. Whilst Collins' role as a guerrilla leader and intelligence operative is well documented, his actions as the clandestine Irish government Minister of Finance have been less studied. The book analyses how funds were raised and transferred in order that the IRA could initiate and sustain the military struggle, and lay the financial foundations of an Irish state. Nicholas Ridley examines the legacy of these actions by comparing Collins' modus operandi for raising and transferring clandestine funds to those of more modern groups engaged in political violence, as well as the laying of foundations for Irish financial and fiscal regulation.
- Contents:
- Part I. Violent undercurrents pre-1914 Europe
- Violence in pre-1914 Europe
- Ireland: peaceful, patient and hopeful
- Part II. Michael Collins and the struggle for Irish independence
- Cork, London, Dublin and 1916 debacle
- Collins reorganises the volunteers
- And De Valera enlists America
- The Anglo-Irish War 1919-1921
- Collins' intelligence war
- Treaty and Civil War
- Part III. The sinews of war
- Preparing in London, active in Dublin
- Filling the war chest: the national loan
- Funds from America, funds in America
- Collins, minister of finance
- The Anglo-Irish Treaty: Ireland's fiscal autonomy
- The north
- The sinews of Civil War and the Republicans hamstrung
- Part IV. Later political violence and its financing
- Later political violence and insurgency and their financing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-367-34898-5
- 1-315-44490-9
- 1-315-44491-7
- OCLC:
- 1007511128
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