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Éamon de Valera : A Will to Power / Ronan Fanning.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 20 halftonesContent type:
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  • 9780674970564
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DA965.D4 F36 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Map: Éamon de Valera’s Homes in Blackrock -- Introduction -- 1. From Bruree to Blackrock -- 2. The Greening of Edward de Valera -- 3. Éamon de Valera and the 1916 Rising -- 4. The Assumption of Power, 1916–19 -- 5. Mission to America, 1919–20 -- 6. 1921: War and Peace -- 7. Catastrophe -- 8. A Glass Wall -- 9. The Path Back to Power -- 10. The Attainment of Independence, 1932–8 -- 11. Independence Affirmed: Neutrality in World War II -- 12. De Valera’s Ireland -- 13. Marking Time, 1948–59 -- 14. Last Laps, 1959–75 -- Conclusion -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: Ronan Fanning offers a reappraisal of the most famous, and most divisive, political figure in modern Irish history, reconciling Éamon de Valera’s shortcomings with a recognition of his achievement as the statesman who embodied Irish independence and spared the nation decades of unproductive debate on the pros and cons of remaining tied to Britain.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Map: Éamon de Valera’s Homes in Blackrock -- Introduction -- 1. From Bruree to Blackrock -- 2. The Greening of Edward de Valera -- 3. Éamon de Valera and the 1916 Rising -- 4. The Assumption of Power, 1916–19 -- 5. Mission to America, 1919–20 -- 6. 1921: War and Peace -- 7. Catastrophe -- 8. A Glass Wall -- 9. The Path Back to Power -- 10. The Attainment of Independence, 1932–8 -- 11. Independence Affirmed: Neutrality in World War II -- 12. De Valera’s Ireland -- 13. Marking Time, 1948–59 -- 14. Last Laps, 1959–75 -- Conclusion -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index

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Ronan Fanning offers a reappraisal of the most famous, and most divisive, political figure in modern Irish history, reconciling Éamon de Valera’s shortcomings with a recognition of his achievement as the statesman who embodied Irish independence and spared the nation decades of unproductive debate on the pros and cons of remaining tied to Britain.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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