2nd Edition

The Secret Army The IRA

By J. Bowyer Bell Copyright 1997
722 Pages
by Routledge

724 Pages
by Routledge

702 Pages
by Routledge

The Secret Army is the definitive work on the Irish Republican Army. It is an absorbing account of a movement that has had a profound effect on the shaping of the modern Irish state. The secret army in the service of the invisible Republic has had a powerful effect on Irish events over the past twenty-five years. These hidden corridors of power interest Bell and inspired him to spend more time... Read more
Foreword to the 1979 Edition, Foreword to the 1970 Edition, Part I The Glorious Years: 1916-1927, Part II The Cosgrave Years: 1927-1932, Part III The De Valera Years: 1932-1938, Part IV The War Years: 1938-1945, PartV The Campaign Years: 1945-1969, Part VI, Part VII, Sources, Addenda 1979, Addenda 1996, Index, Map of Ireland, Map of Dublin, Map of Belfast

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J. Bowyer Bell