I Signed My Death Warrant: Michael Collins and the Treaty
- anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous - a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.' To Michael Collins the signing of the Treaty between Ireland and Britain in 1921 was a 'stepping stone'. What mattered to Collins was that Ireland be given a chance for independence, a chance for Irish people to govern their own affairs under their own flag. Eamon de Valera called the Treaty 'treason', and subsequently led his followers out of the D+il in protest - an act that precipitated the Civil War. I Signed My Dea…
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- ISBN: 978-1-85635-856-9
- EAN: 9781856358569
- Produktnummer: 14844209
- Verlag: Mercier Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
T. Ryle Dwyer was educated in Tralee CBS and at the University of North Texas, USA, where he received BA, MA and PhD degrees in history. He is a regular columnist with the Irish Examiner and has published eighteen books on different aspects of twentieth century Irish history, including his best selling The Squad and a highly-acclaimed biography of Charles J. Haughey, Short Fellow.
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