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• catalog abstract ""Like Prometheus, Collins stole fire. Like Prometheus, he paid for his feat and much of what he set about doing remains undone. But his name burns brightly wherever the Irish meet. Michael Collins was the man who made Ireland possible." So begins Tim Pat Coogan in this highly-acclaimed biography that sat atop the best-seller lists of England and Ireland, and is now published in the U.S. for the first time. Michael Collins, affectionately known as "The Big Fellow" was. Just thirty-one years of age when on the morning of October 11, 1921, he sat down to negotiate Irish independence with one of the most formidable political teams that England ever assembled. Facing him were David Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead, Austin Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill. The ensuing treaty of December 6 did not yield the unbroken island nation Collins had hoped for, but he prophetically termed it a "stepping stone" to today's Irish Republic. But, Coogan. Asserts, "all the other stepping stones to the tragedy of today's Northern Ireland situation were part of that negotiation too. In a very real sense Collins' premature death was caused by the forces that still rage about the North-eastern corner of the land." Before his remarkable debut in international diplomacy, Michael Collins had been rightly celebrated as the brains and driving force behind a daring strategy of guerilla warfare. It was Collins who founded the Irish. Army and became its first Commander in-Chief, who ingeniously smashed the British Army's intelligence network in Dublin and who became known as "the man they couldn't catch." The Man Who Made Ireland takes in the full sweep of Irish history as it was lived by all the major protagonists of Collins' lifetime until his assassination in 1922, towards the end of the Irish Civil War. If we hope to understand today's tragedies, and avert others like them, it is essential to. Know and learn from the story of Michael Collins.".
• catalog alternative "Michael Collins".
• catalog contributor b4268894.
• catalog coverage "Ireland History Civil War, 1922-1923 Biography.".
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description ""Like Prometheus, Collins stole fire. Like Prometheus, he paid for his feat and much of what he set about doing remains undone. But his name burns brightly wherever the Irish meet. Michael Collins was the man who made Ireland possible." So begins Tim Pat Coogan in this highly-acclaimed biography that sat atop the best-seller lists of England and Ireland, and is now published in the U.S. for the first time. Michael Collins, affectionately known as "The Big Fellow" was.".
• catalog description "Army and became its first Commander in-Chief, who ingeniously smashed the British Army's intelligence network in Dublin and who became known as "the man they couldn't catch." The Man Who Made Ireland takes in the full sweep of Irish history as it was lived by all the major protagonists of Collins' lifetime until his assassination in 1922, towards the end of the Irish Civil War. If we hope to understand today's tragedies, and avert others like them, it is essential to.".
• catalog description "Asserts, "all the other stepping stones to the tragedy of today's Northern Ireland situation were part of that negotiation too. In a very real sense Collins' premature death was caused by the forces that still rage about the North-eastern corner of the land." Before his remarkable debut in international diplomacy, Michael Collins had been rightly celebrated as the brains and driving force behind a daring strategy of guerilla warfare. It was Collins who founded the Irish.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-468) and index.".
• catalog description "Just thirty-one years of age when on the morning of October 11, 1921, he sat down to negotiate Irish independence with one of the most formidable political teams that England ever assembled. Facing him were David Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead, Austin Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill. The ensuing treaty of December 6 did not yield the unbroken island nation Collins had hoped for, but he prophetically termed it a "stepping stone" to today's Irish Republic. But, Coogan.".
• catalog description "Know and learn from the story of Michael Collins.".
• catalog description "The little fella -- Easter 1916 -- Kicking down a rotten door -- The twelve apostles -- The year of terror -- The sky darkens -- Peace comes dropping slow -- Settling this old strife -- Fighting the waves -- Wading through blood -- Setting up the six -- The mouth of flowers -- Honouring the dead?".
• catalog extent "xiv, 480 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Man who made Ireland.".
• catalog identifier "1879373238 :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Man who made Ireland.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart,".
• catalog relation "Man who made Ireland.".
• catalog spatial "Ireland History Civil War, 1922-1923 Biography.".
• catalog spatial "Ireland".
• catalog subject "Collins, Michael, 1890-1922.".
• catalog subject "DA965.C6 C66 1990".
• catalog subject "Revolutionaries Ireland Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The little fella -- Easter 1916 -- Kicking down a rotten door -- The twelve apostles -- The year of terror -- The sky darkens -- Peace comes dropping slow -- Settling this old strife -- Fighting the waves -- Wading through blood -- Setting up the six -- The mouth of flowers -- Honouring the dead?".
• catalog title "Michael Collins".
• catalog title "The man who made Ireland : the life and death of Michael Collins / Tim Pat Coogan.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".