The Blueshirts
Author: Maurice Manning
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13:
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The Blueshirts and Irish Politics
Author: Mike Cronin
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the Fascist movement in Ireland in the 1930's and its effect on Irish politics and the government of De Valera.
Saving the State
Author: Stephen Collins
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2020-10-30
Total Pages: 549
ISBN-13: 0717189740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fáil in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers, who had fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century earlier. Saving the State is the remarkable story of Fine Gael from its origins in the fraught days of civil war to the political convulsions of 2020. Written by political journalist Stephen Collins and historian Ciara Meehan, Saving the State draws on a wealth of original historical research and a range of interviews with key political figures to chart the evolution of the party through the lens of its successive leaders. From the special place occupied by Michael Collins in the party's pantheon of heroes to the dark era of the Blueshirts, and from its role as the founder of the state to its claim to be the defender of the state, the ways that members perceive their own history is also explored. Saving the State is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how Fine Gael came to be the party it is today, the ways in which it interprets and presents its own history, and the role that it played in shaping modern Ireland.
The Blue Shirts
Author: Hugues Théorêt
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 2017-05-16
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0776624695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society. Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign of propaganda against communists and Jews. Hugues Théorêt describes a dark period in Quebec’s ideological history using an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences).
In Bed with the Blueshirts
Author: Shane Ross
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2020-10-29
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1838952926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive inside account of the 2016-20 coalition government. Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts, the crises when the coalition came close to collapse and the sometimes fraught personal relationships between the fifteen figures who made up the last government. He recounts how a group of Independents risked everything to form a government that was expected to last for only months but which ran for more than four years, under two Taoisigh with utterly different styles. With great humour and charm, Ross unveils the skulduggery, the secret deals, the drama of how Irish football was rescued and Olympic chief Pat Hickey toppled, showing us what really happens behind the closed doors of Ireland's government.
Yeats, Ireland and Fascism
Author: Elizabeth Cullingford
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1981-02-19
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1349045462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFascism: The 'fascist epoch'
Author: Roger Griffin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780415290197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe nature of 'fascism' has been hotly contested by scholars since the term was first coined by Mussolini in 1919. However, for the first time since Italian fascism appeared there is now a significant degree of consensus amongst scholars about how to approach the generic term, namely as a revolutionary form of ultra-nationalism. Seen from this perspective, all forms of fascism have three common features: anticonservatism, a myth of ethnic or national renewal and a conception of a nation in crisis. This collection includes articles that show this new consensus, which is inevitably contested, as well as making available material which relates to aspects of fascism independently of any sort of consensus and also covering fascism of the inter and post-war periods.This is a comprehensive selection of texts, reflecting both the extreme multi-faceted nature of fascism as a phenomenon and the extraordinary divergence of interpretations of fascism.
Spymaster
Author: Frederic Wakeman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2003-06-03
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 0520234073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWakeman's authoritative biography of the ruthlessly powerful man who led the Chinese Secret Service during the violent and tumultuous period after the fall of the Imperial system.
Superman Supreme
Author: J A Mangan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1135296944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe supremacy of the global fascist superman never became a reality but was certainly an intention. This work explores the use of the image of the male body in European, American and Asian fascism of varying degrees and various interpretations, and the differences and similarities involved.
Beckett's Political Imagination
Author: Emilie Morin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-09-07
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1108305652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeckett's Political Imagination charts unexplored territory: it investigates how Beckett's bilingual texts re-imagine political history, and documents the conflicts and controversies through which Beckett's political consciousness and affirmations were mediated. The book offers a startling account of Beckett's work, tracing the many political causes that framed his writing, commitments, collaborations and friendships, from the Scottsboro Boys to the Black Panthers, from Irish communism to Spanish republicanism to Algerian nationalism, and from campaigns against Irish and British censorship to anti-Apartheid and international human rights movements. Emilie Morin reveals a very different writer, whose career and work were shaped by a unique exposure to international politics, an unconventional perspective on political action and secretive political engagements. The book will benefit students, researchers and readers who want to think about literary history in different ways and are interested in Beckett's enduring appeal and influence.
