Michael Collins and the Financing of Violent Political Struggle

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-34898-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern History

Michael Collins was a pivotal figure in the Irish struggle for independence and his legacy has resonated ever since. Whilst Collins’ role as a guerrilla leader and intelligence operative is well documented, his actions as the clandestine Irish government Minister of Finance have been less studied. The book analyses how funds were raised and transferred in order that the IRA could initiate and sustain the military struggle, and lay the financial foundations of an Irish state.

Nicholas Ridley examines the legacy of these actions by comparing Collins’ modus operandi for raising and transferring clandestine funds to those of more modern groups engaged in political violence, as well as the laying of foundations for Irish financial and fiscal regulation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ridley, Nicholas (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Ridley, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I - Violent Undercurrents pre-1914 Europe 1. Violence in pre-1914 Europe 2. Ireland - peaceful, patient and hopeful PART II – Michael Collins and the struggle for Irish independence 3. Cork, London, Dublin - and 1916 debacle 4. Collins reorganises the Volunteers… 5. And de Valera enlists America 6. The Anglo-Irish War 1919-1921 7. Collins’ Intelligence War 8. Treaty and Civil War PART III – The Sinews of War 9. Preparing in London, active in Dublin 10. Filling the war chest - the National Loan 11. Funds from America, funds in America 12. Collins, Minister of Finance 13. The Anglo-Irish Treaty- Ireland’s fiscal autonomy 14. The North 15. The Sinews of Civil War and the Republicans hamstrung PART IV 16. Later Political Violence and Insurgency and their Financing

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Ridley is Senior Lecturer in Policing and Security at London Metropolitan University. He has previously worked as an Intelligence Analyst at New Scotland Yard, Criminal Intelligence Department and Anti-Terrorist Unit and at Europol.He has been a trainer in intelligence and anti-terrorism for police forces in Africa, and has lectured on combating terrorist financing on courses at NATO Centre of Excellence – Defence against Terrorism.