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Robert Briscoe: Sinn Féin Revolutionary, Fianna Fáil Nationalist and Revisionist Zionist 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Kevin McCarthy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This biography reveals the full significance of Robert Briscoe’s influence within the contentious political culture of the early Irish state, as well as reinforcing his importance to the global Zionist rescue effort of the 1930s. Drawing on a wealth of previously unavailable archival material, the book charts Briscoe’s evolution from a fringe Sinn Féin activist in 1917 to a member of Michael Collins’s personal staff in 1921. It also analyses his agonizing decision to abandon Collins and support the anti-Treaty stance of his close friend and political hero, Éamon de Valera, before becoming a founding member of Fianna Fáil in 1926. Most importantly of all, the book investigates Briscoe’s evolving Jewish awareness, looking at his involvement in a traumatic immigration endeavour and also at his engagement with Ze’ev Jabotinsky and the New Zionist Organisation, under whose auspices he led political rescue missions to Poland, America and South Africa.
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    978-3034318419
  2. Edition
    1st
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
  5. Publication date
    December 4, 2015
  6. Language
    English
  7. File size
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«The odyssey of Robert Briscoe […] is a fascinating one. He was at the crossroads of both Irish and Jewish nationalism. Kevin McCarthy has recovered his story for a wider audience and has thereby made an important contribution to Jewish as well as to Irish history.»
(Colin Shindler, The Jewish Chronicle March 31, 2016)

About the Author

Kevin McCarthy holds a PhD in History from University College Cork. His research interests focus on Irish–Jewish relations in mid-twentieth-century Ireland. He has published a number of articles on the complex political career of Robert Briscoe and on Irish immigration policy in the mid-twentieth century.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076BQWBNR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers; 1st edition (December 4, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 4, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1259 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 3034318413
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Abe C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Briscoe: unsung hero
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This was a very interesting book about an important Irish politician I knew little about.
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Carol Briscoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent analysis of an Irish Jewish Patriot who had been ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2016
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Excellent analysis of an Irish Jewish Patriot who had been air brushed out of Irish history. This book has raised debates internationally on many issues of the period and has raised Briscoe to the Pantheon of Irish Heroes where he should always have been. Kevin McCarthy writes with clarity authority and deep knowledge and understanding of all aspects of this most enigmatic Irishman.
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