De Valera: Rule 1932-1975

by David McCullagh

Overview

In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new biography of the revolutionary and statesman, we join de Valera in 1932 as he takes the reins of power in the first Fianna Fail government and follow him as he confronts one challenge after another - the Economic War, the drafting of Bunreacht na hEireann, the Emergency, the North, the declaration of the Republic, economic stagnation in the 1950s - and sets about gradually remaking a sovereign Ireland in his own image. Beautifully written and deeply researched, McCullagh's De Valera is a provocative and nuanced portrait of Ireland's most enigmatic leader, as well as a balanced assessment of his role in shaping Ireland's national self-image.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780717179220
Publisher:	Gill Books
Publication date:	12/15/2018
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

David McCullagh is an anchor on RTÉ News: Six One and the former political correspondent. He is the author of the acclaimed books The Reluctant Taoiseach, De Valera Rise and De Valera Rule.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1

Chapter 1 'We'll crown de Valera King of Ireland' 5

Chapter 2 Work without ceasing 10

Chapter 3 No going back 30

Chapter 4 Our duty to govern 48

Chapter 5 A Republic in fact 72

Chapter 6 A feeling of bitter humiliation 90

Chapter 7 A very serious handicap 103

Chapter 8 You have a Constitution now 113

Chapter 9 A positive advance 137

Chapter 10 Gazing over the brink 154

Chapter 11 Nothing to fear 168

Chapter 12 Whoever comes first 185

Chapter 13 A nation once again 216

Chapter 14 Our answer will be no 238

Chapter 15 So many irons 263

Chapter 16 Such a change 292

Chapter 17 I hate to be a lame duck 317

Chapter 18 As long as this organisation wants me 348

Chapter 19 First and last 373

Chapter 20 I do not know of any art 401

Endnotes 413

Bibliography 500

Index 511