O’Brien, Conor Cruise.

Memoir – My life and themes.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1998. 24 cm. 460 pages with 17 plates/illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Conor Cruise O’Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008) often nicknamed “The Cruiser”, was an Irish politician, writer, historian and academic. His opinion on the role of Britain in Ireland and in Northern Ireland changed during the 1970s, in response to the outbreak of The Troubles. He saw opposing nationalist and unionist traditions as irreconcilable and switched from a nationalist to a unionist view of Irish politics and history. O’Brien’s outlook was always radical and the positions he took were seldom orthodox. He summarised his position as intending “to administer an electric shock to the Irish psyche”. Internationally, he opposed in person the African National Congress’s academic boycott of the apartheid regime in South Africa. These views contrasted with those he espoused during the 1950s and 1960s.

During his career as a civil servant O’Brien worked on the government’s anti-partition campaign. At the 1969 general election he was elected to Ireland’s parliament, as a Labour Party TD for Dublin North-East, and became a Minister between 1973 and 1977. He was also the Labour Party’s spokesman on Northern Ireland during those years. He was later known primarily as an author and as a columnist for the Irish Independent. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 20th century · Authors, Irish · Biography · Catalogue Irish History Four – Irish Postwar History & Administration · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Diplomats · Foreign relations · Great Britain · History of Irish Politics · Ireland · Irish Biographies · Irish Biography · Irish History · Irish Political History · Irish Politics · Newspaper editors · Politics and government · Scholars · Statesmen
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853718777
• Inventory Number: 100983AB

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