This book should be renamed the secret history of gerry adams. Secrets from belfast the chronicle of higher education. Popular irish history books showing 150 of 2,4 michael collins. A secret history of the ira, of course, covers all of the major events of the troubles, from the 1972 bloody sunday massacre in derry, to the 1981 h block hunger strikes, to numerous bombing campaigns, weapons drives, and peace negotiations. It s the story of the ira but more than that it s the story of the rise of gerry adams. For a double agent within the highest ranks of the ira, that danger was doubled. Buy a secret history of the ira second edition by moloney, ed isbn. Ed moloney a secret history of the ira revises our understanding not only of the irish peace process but also of latetwentiethcentury irish and british history. A secret history of the ira, written by one of irelands most respected reporters, ed moloney, says adams joined the iras ruling army council in 1977 and sanctioned the secretive groups worst.
It is an absorbing account of a movement which has had a. A secret history of the ira by ed moloney waterstones. He wrote the biography in secret and it was published. A comprehensive survey of the ira s history, coogan s book is an absolute must for readers who know little about the organization, especially its origins and early development. A sensational new book, accidental spy by irish journalist sean odriscoll reveals how an american informer, david rupert, infiltrated the army council of the real ira in the late 1990s and. The life of a double agent requires constant vigilance, for danger is always just a heartbeat away. A secret history of the ira, written by one of ireland s most respected reporters, ed moloney, says adams joined the ira s ruling army council in 1977 and sanctioned the secretive group s. New information about martin mcguinness s role at that time is brought to light, and the episode concludes with the destruction of the northern ireland government, a. The soviet union s intelligence service, the kgb, supplied arms to the official ira beginning in 1972, according to a just published and widely praised book on the kgb s history. Buy a secret history of the ira by ed moloney from waterstones today. A secret history of the ira filled with disclosures and based on the author s unprecedented access to the irish republican army, this explosive book sparked controversy when it was first published in hardcover. Kgb armed official ira, book reveals archive irish echo.
This book is the compiling together of his lifetime of research, detailing for what is claimed to be the first time, a detailed and accurate record of the internal history. The unfolding of the events that spanned the decades of the troubles read like the a great le carre novel. Ed moloney, the northern editor of the irish times, has been covering the ira since the late 1970s. A secret history of the ira, by irish journalist ed moloney, is a stunning piece of journalism that looks in detail at the lives of some of the ira s leading members and examines how and. Publication date 2002 topics irish republican army history, political violence ireland history 20th century, political violence northern ireland history, northern ireland history, military, ireland history, military publisher. Page after page is spent on background and family of people with only marginal involvement with ira or adams.
The secret story behind the irish peace process by eamonn mallie and david mckittrick the most detailed and authoritative account of the road to the good friday agreement. Filled with disclosures and based on the authors unprecedented access to the irish republican army, this explosive book sparked controversy when it was first published in hardcover. Secret history of the ira by ed moloney 9780393325027. Peter taylors top 10 books on the troubles books the. Moloney seems to use a lot off here say when talking about things that where suppose to have happened. Rare footage of 1972 ira queens attack revealed bbc news. Moloney opens his secret history of the ira with a prologue of how the provisionals most ambitious gunrunning operation the shipping of tonnes of guns, surfacetoair missiles, millions of. This is perhaps the most important book to have been written about the troubles, and has to be top of the list. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The secret history of the ira is an engrossing and revelatory dissection of one of the most infamous terrorist forces in modern western society and indeed, on the world stage. Good times ed moloney has been northern editor of the irish times and the sunday tribune and has written this book with unprecedented access to well the secret history of the ira. An epic portrayal of one of the twentieth century s longest warsbased on unprecedented access to all the players.
Gerry adams and the thirty year war an epic portrayal of one of the twentieth centurys longest wars. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. You should include what other people have said about the book, not what you think about it. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A secret history of the ira paperback elliott bay book. The green book ira project gutenberg selfpublishing. Author ira mukhoty reveals many mughal secrets in her book. An awardwinning journalist and former northern editor of the irish times and sunday tribune, moloney describes the delicate political maneuvering of sinn fein s gerry adams, which compelled the. Journalist ed moloney, who has covered the irish republican army since the late 1970s, discussed his book, a secret history of the ira, published by w. It is published at unknown printing presses and distributed to or shared with ira volunteers. A secret history of the ira is a behemoth of a chronicle that has successfully created clarity in regards to one of the most complex conflicts in modern history. The author provides a good undertanding of the key figures and events of the ira, while also sketching the secondary personalities involved. It s a lengthy book, so why are you choosing to pick out certain aspects of it. Irish republican 1 army bibliography 2 the term irish republican army was first used during the fenian raids in canada 3 during the 1860s.
Did you manage to replace some of the euphemisms, hints and codenames with the genuine names, for the book s second edition. The footage, from a lost american documentary, will be revealed in tuesday s episode of spotlight on the troubles. Hello mr moloney, i been rereading your superb a secret history of the ira first edition. Oclc s webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A secret history of the ira 2003, 2008 the broken elbow. This is the definitive work on the irish republican army. In this remarkable account, kevin fulton former intelligence agent, exmember of the ira. Moloney piles on the information here and a fair bit of it is interesting.
In a secret history of the ira, this former irish journalist of the year draws on all his hardwon sources to bare the story of how this old and ruthless terrorist organization was maneuvered into ending its 30year war. Buy a cheap copy of a secret history of the ira book by ed moloney. I think this book should be read with a very open mind and not at all factual. Today the term is used in concert with the outbreaks of violence throughout ireland 4, and especially in northern ireland 5, called the troubles. Buy this book most of this suretobe controversial narrative centers on the activities of gerry adams. It comes across that the author is working off a anti republican agenda. Secret history of the ira by ed moloney, paperback. The us informer who infiltrated and destroyed real ira. For decades the british and irish had got used to a situation without parallel in europe. With revelations including the ira s long and astonishing associations with qaddafi s regime, margaret thatcher s secret diplomacy with gerry adams, the catholic church s clandestine negotiations with republican leadership, and hitherto undisclosed activities of the american government under bill clinton, a secret history rewrites, with. Read a secret history of the ira by ed moloney available from rakuten kobo. Delving deeply into the inner workings, furtive plots, and deadly rivalries of the irish republican army, ed moloney, who has covered the ira since the late 1970s, delivers a riveting. The intelligence war that beat the ira new by matchett, dr william isbn.
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