Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Chronology
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Matt Brady and May Caffrey
2. The Brady Family: Irish Republicans in the 1930s and 1940s
3. Off to College and into Sinn Féin and the IRA: 1950–1954
4. Arms Raids, Elections, and the Border Campaign: 1955–1956
5. Derrylin, Mountjoy, and Teachta Dála: December 1956–March 1957
6. TD, Internee, Escapee, and Chief of Staff: March 1957–June 1959
7. Marriage and Ending the Border Campaign: June 1959–February 1962
8. Political and Personal Developments in the 1960s: March 1962–1965
9. Dream-Filled Romantics, Revolutionaries, and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association: 1965–August 1968
10. The Provisionals: September 1968–October 1970
11. The Politics of Revolution: Éire Nua, November 1970–December 1972
12. International Gains and Personal Losses: January 1973–November 1974
13. The Responsibilities of Leadership: November 1974–February 1976
14. A Long War: March 1976–September 1978
15. A New Generation Setting the Pace: October 1978–August 1981
16. "Never, that's what I say to you—Never": September 1981–October 1986
17. "We are here and we are very much in business": October 1986–May 1998
Epilogue
Afterword: The Legacy of Ruarí Ó Brádaigh
Notes on Sources
Works Cited
Index

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About the Author

Robert W. White is Dean of the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History and co-editor of Self, Identity and Social Movements. He lives in Indianapolis.

Reviews

"In a very real sense, Ruairi O Bradaigh can ... be said to be the last, or one of the last Irish Republicans. Studies of the Provisional movement to date have invariably focused more on the Northerners and the role of people like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. But an understanding of them is not possible without appreciating where they came from and from what tradition they have broken. Ruairi O Bradaigh is that tradition and that is why this account of his life and politics is so important." from the foreword by Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA "Robert White has produced a fascinating biography, which deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in politics, not just those concerned with fringe republicanism. White, an American academic, has produced a masterpiece of detailed research, in the course of which he had access to the key players and huge archives... This is the gold standard for political biography and, in an age when academics are often more concerned with meeting government targets than serious research, it greatly deserves to be read." Derek Wall, Red Pepper, November 2006