User Review - Flag as inappropriateThough a tough read at times, this book is a must for anyone who would wish to truly understand the motives and sometimes in-comprehendible reasoning for the armed struggle to continue. Certainly not a recruiting sergeant but an insight into the thinking of the people involved from all sides, and perhaps through this and other books like it we can limit the mistakes of the past.
Review: The IRA
User Review - John - GoodreadsCoogan is an Irish Times journalist whose family was involved in most of the more recent events of the last century. His writing is informed by a sense that he may know many of the principals of the ... Read full review
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User Review - Daniel - GoodreadsAn extremely detailed account of the history of the IRA. As a Dubliner Coogan's Nationalist views are apparent, but like many Nationalists this does not mean he spares the IRA criticism where he ... Read full review
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User Review - Rebecca Stout - GoodreadsA completely enjoyable read...but not as much of a history as I imagined. Well, that's not fair. It is a history, but more like a personal history, or at most an oral history. Coogan is more of your ... Read full review
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User Review - Matthew Kading - GoodreadsThe definitive work on the Irish Republican Army and the Provos (Provisional IRA) and a fairly unbiased history of the development and growth of the IRA in Ireland, Europe and the United States.1 Read full review
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User Review - Breda Brosnan - Goodreadsi thought this was an excellent thought provoking book into the workings of the ira Read full review
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User Review - John and Kris - GoodreadsI finally slogged my way through this beast. The cover is pretty close to the best part. Full Disclosure: Since first learning about the Irish Republican Army I have been curious in a romantic sort of ... Read full review
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User Review - GoodreadsComprehensive, though often too chronological.
Review: The IRA
User Review - Julie H. - GoodreadsA compelling history of the IRA with information on the peace process at the time of its writing. For anyone interested in Irish history, Republican politics and the "troubles," this is a must-read. Read full review
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User Review - Ed - GoodreadsTim Pat Coogan will never be accused of being an historian but he writes well, knows (and knew) a lot about the IRA and hit the timing mark perfectly with the first edition of "The IRA" which came ... Read full review
