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‘Of immense value’
Michael D. Higgins, The Irish Times
’Subtle and authoritative’
Fintan O’Toole, New York Review of Books
‘Good, even-handed history’
The Guardian
‘The definitive history of the IRA’
The World This Weekend, BBC Radio 4
‘Thought-provoking’
Times Higher Education Supplement
’A welcome addition to the historiography of the subject’
Irish Historical Studies
‘An extremely timely book that will be an eye-opener for those who believe they understand Ireland and its problems’
Library Journal
Henry Patterson is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Ulster and the author of numerous books and articles on modern Irish history, including Ireland Since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict, Ireland’s Violent Frontier: The Border and Anglo-Irish Relations During the Troubles and Class Conflict and Sectarianism. With Paul Bew he is co-author of Sean Lemass and the Making of Modern Ireland and The British State and the Ulster Crisis, and with Paul Bew and Peter Gibbon of Northern Ireland 1921-2001: Political Forces and Social Classes.
The Politics of Illusion
A Political History of Sinn Féin and the IRA
Henry Patterson
Serif
London
This expanded and updated e-book edition first published 2015
by
Serif
47 Strahan Road
London E3 5DA
Originally published, in a slightly different form, as The Politics of Illusion: Republicanism and Socialism in Modern Ireland by Hutchinson Radius in 1989 and, revised and updated, as The Politics of Illusion: A Political History of the IRA by Serif in 1997
Copyright © Henry Patterson, 1989, 1997, 2015
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publishers.
ISBN 978 1 909150 19 5
e-book produced by Will Dady
Cover design by Pentagram
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Origins of Social Republicanism
2 Republicanism in Inter-war Ireland
3 In de Valera’s Shadow
4 A Limited Reassessment: The IRA After 1962
5 The Officials: Regression and Development, 1970-1977
6 The Provisionals and the Rediscovery of Social Republicanism
7 The Tactical Use of Armed Struggle, 1990-1996
8 Ending the Union or Renegotiating It?
9 The Peace Process: The Struggle to Defeat Unionism Continues
Chronology
For Sam, Alex and Annie
