Product Description

The authors trace the rise of Gerry Adams from the back streets of West Belfast to his meeting with Tony Blair in Ten Downing Street and Bill Clinton in the White House, as well as analysing his role in the Northern Ireland peace process.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #850663 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 514 pages

Customer Reviews

A clear view of Adams at last
An excellent book cutting through all the hype and political nonsense seen every day on our televisions. A view of Adams he would certainly contest and would like to amend if given the chance. The book is well laid out, thorough in its analysis and sweeps away much of the propoganda associated with the republican movement. Recommended reading for the serious student of Northern Ireland.

A clear view of Adams at last.
An excellent book cutting through all the hype and political nonsense seen every day on our televisions. A view of Adams he would certainly contest and would like to amend if given the chance. The book is well laid out, thorough in its analysis and sweeps away much of the propoganda associated with the republican movement. Recommended reading for the serious student of Northern Ireland.

Fair and revealing
A welcome and sober antidote to the currently sympathetic coverage of this high profile leader. This well written, if slightly overlong, review of his now quite long political activism and it does chart the pragmatic and difficult development from firebrand to near concilator. There is much sympathy for the often tricky poistion he holds but rightly less for much of the violence he has sometimes unnecessarily condoned. The growing maturity and sharp intelligence is evident and in a way reassuring This is a valuable addition to the reportage of this sad era in irealnds history