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Summary:

"In this fascinating memoir of his early life, Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Féin, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, describes the development of the modern "Troubles'' in Northern Ireland and his own central role in them, culminating in the tragic hunger strike by imprisoned IRA members in 1981. Born in 1948, Adams vividly recalls growing up in the working-class Ballymurphy district of West Belfast, where he became involved in the civil rights campaign in the late 1960s and was active in campaigns around issues of housing, unemployment, and civil rights. The unionist forces reacted violently to the protests, and the situation exploded into civil war. Adams recounts his growing radicalization, his leadership role in the political wing of the IRA, and the British use of secret courts to condemn republicans. Adams was a political prisoner, one of the first in the notorious Northern Irish jail Long Kesh, and underwent torture at the hands of the British authorities, which he describes in detail. Adams chronicles the dramatic hunger strikes of Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, and others in 1980-81, which he initially resisted but which he now recognizes as having revitalized the nationalist movement. Before the Dawn is an engaging and revealing self-portrait that is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Ireland. First published in 1996--at a time when politics in Northern Ireland was at an impasse, and the Good Friday Agreement was still many tense months away--this new edition contains a brand new introduction and epilogue written by the author, covering Adams's family, Brexit, and the peace process."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Presidential address; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Epilogue; Index; About the Author.

Author/Creator:

Adams, Gerry, 1948- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Before the dawn: an autobiography [by Adams, G.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Before the dawn [by Adams, G.] (Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018] — ISBN 9780268103774; LCCN 2017056121)

Subjects:

Adams, Gerry, 1948-

Irish Republican Army — Biography

Sinn Fein — Biography

Northern Ireland — Politics and government — 1968-1998

Politicians — Northern Ireland — Biography

Legislators — Northern Ireland — Biography

Ireland — Politics and government — 1949-

Politicians — Ireland — Biography

General Notes:

Includes index.
Description based on: Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DA990.U452 A332 2018eb

ISBNs:

9780268103798 (electronic book)
0268103798
9780268103804 (electronic publication)
0268103801
9780268103774 (hardcover, alkaline paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018000672

OCLC Numbers:

1019841042

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5310041 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp15189245