Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
David Beresford, Peter Maas
In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals.
Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story,Ten Men Deadoffers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.
Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story,Ten Men Deadoffers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.
Година:
1997
Издание:
Paperback
Издателство:
Atlantic Monthly Press
Език:
english
Страници:
334
ISBN 10:
087113702X
ISBN 13:
9780871137029
Файл:
PDF, 67.26 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1997