Michael Collins and the Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922
by By OConnor, Ulick
Category: History , Europe , Ireland

Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A  leading figure in the nation's bitter and  bloody resistance to British Rule, he played a  key part in reshaping Ireland's history as we  know it today. Ulick O'Connor includes valuable new information about the secret war against  England and provides a fresh and highly dramatic account of Ireland's fight for freedom. Using  important material from the archives of General  Richard Mulcahy, Collins's chief of staff, as  well as personal interviews with Mulcahy, Eamon  de Valera, and many other leading figures  Michael Collins and the Troubles is a vivid and  often horrifying account of a crucial time, the  consequences of which are still felt today.