Robert Briscoe - Sinn Fein Revolutionary, Fianna Fail Nationalist and Revisionist Zionist (Paperback, New edition)

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 Fein 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, Eamon de Valera, before becoming a founding member of Fianna Fail 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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2016
Authors:	Kevin McCarthy
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	275
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-431841-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > History > General
LSN:	3-03-431841-3
Barcode:	9783034318419

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