The Volunteer : A Former IRA Man's True Story The Volunteer : A Former IRA Man's True Story

The Volunteer : A Former IRA Man's True Story

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“This is the best account of the life of an IRA volunteer yet written.” The Irish Times


“No better explanation of why ordinary people turn to terrorism has ever been written. O’Doherty’s compelling story is a brilliant, firsthand account of how the boy next door became a bomber…. O’Doherty traces his early involvement with the IRA with disarming honesty and humour…. Most riveting, however, is the story of his disillusion with the romance of republicanism and his complete denunciation of violence. … The Volunteer is an excellent study of the civilian turned terrorist turned civilian.” The Catholic Herald


“O’Doherty gives a graphic account of the making of an IRA man. Perhaps the book’s greatest strength, and no doubt the feature that, as O’Doherty predicts, will irritate, is the emotional tone in which the story is told. He tells it how he saw and felt it at the time. When he is a stubborn, impetuous youth, he recounts as a stubborn, impetuous youth. When he is a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence, he recounts as a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence. When he becomes an older-but-wiser committed pacifist, the tone shifts yet again to reflect that incarnation.” The Independent (London)

GENRE
Biographies et mémoires
SORTIE
2013
16 janvier
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
LONGUEUR
214
Pages
ÉDITIONS
SBP
TAILLE
610,7
Ko

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