Páginas:366Géneros:12:JPV:Politicalcontrol&freedoms12:0:0Sinopsis:Inthisfascinatingmemoirofhisearlylife,GerryAdams,thepresidentofSinnFéin,describesthedevelopmentofthemodernTroublesintheNorthofIreland,hisexperiencesduringthatperiod,includingsecrettalkswiththeBritishgovernmentandimprisonment,hisleadershiproleinSinnFéin,andthetragichungerstrikebyimprisonedIRAprisonersin1981.Bornin1948,Adamsvividlyrecallsgrowingupintheworking-classBallymurphydistrictofWestBelfast,wherehebecameinvolvedinthecivilrightscampaigninthelate1960sandwasactiveincampaignsaroundissuesofhousing,unemployment,andcivilrights.Theunionistregime,whichhadbeenininterruptedpowerfor50years,reactedviolentlytotheprotests,andthesituationexplodedintoconflict.Adamsrecountshisgrowingradicalization,hisworkasaSinnFéinactivistandleader,hisrelationshipwiththeIRA,andtheBritishuseofsecretcourtstocondemnrepublicans.Adamswasapoliticalprisoner.Hewasarrestedmanytimesandrecountshistorture.HespentatotaloffiveyearsinthenotoriousLongKeshprisoncamp.Firstasaninternee,heldwithoutcharge,andthenasasentencedprisonerafterhemadetwofailedattemptstoescape.AdamschroniclesthedramatichungerstrikesofBobbySands,FrancisHughes,RaymondMcCreesh,andothersin1980-81whichsawtenmendie.ThoughheopposedthehungerstrikeAdamswasinstrumentalinorganizingthemasscampaigninsupportofthehungerstrikerswhichsawBobbySandselectedasamemberoftheBritishParliamentandCiaranDohertyandKevinAgnewelectedtotheIrishParliament.BeforetheDawnisanengagingandrevealingself-portraitthatisessentialreadingforanyonewishingtounderstandmodernIreland.Firstpublishedin1996-atatimewhenpoliticsintheNorthofIrelandwasincrisisandtheGoodFridayAgreementwasstilltwoyearsaway-th
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"Impressively informative, exceptionally candid, extraordinarily detailed, and an inherently fascinating read from cover to cover, Before the Dawn: An Autobiography will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to both community and academic library Contemporary Biography collections in general, and Irish Political History supplemental studies reading lists in particular." -Midwest Book Review Bookwatch "A definitive history of the Irish struggles of the 1970s, from the nationalist point of view. Adams, a fine writer, presents a straightforward, unapologetic memoir." -Publishers Weekly "Before the Dawn can be read as the history of the last quarter-century in Northern Ireland, from the perspective of someone who educated himself and came to power within one of the traditions-a crucial one at the moment-of the province. . . . Adams has written this autobiography to define his own position, rather than that of others. He writes not as a historian but as an embattled participant, choosing his words with wariness." -The Washington Post "Gerry Adams is a gifted writer who, if he were not at the center of the war-and-peace business, could easily make a living as an author, of fiction or fact." -The New York Times
In this fascinating memoir of his early life, Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Féin, describes the development of the modern "Troubles'' in the North of Ireland, his experiences during that period, including secret talks with the British government and imprisonment, his leadership role in Sinn Féin, and the tragic hunger strike by imprisoned IRA prisoners 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 regime, which had been in interrupted power for 50 years, reacted violently to the protests, and the situation exploded into conflict. Adams recounts his growing radicalization, his work as a Sinn Féin activist and leader, his relationship with the IRA, and the British use of secret courts to condemn republicans. Adams was a political prisoner. He was arrested many times and recounts his torture. He spent a total of five years in the notorious Long Kesh prison camp. First as an internee, held without charge, and then as a sentenced prisoner after he made two failed attempts to escape. Adams chronicles the dramatic hunger strikes of Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, and others in 1980-81 which saw ten men die. Though he opposed the hunger strike Adams was instrumental in organizing the mass campaign in support of the hunger strikers which saw Bobby Sands elected as a member of the British Parliament and Ciaran Doherty and Kevin Agnew elected to the Irish Parliament. 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 the North of Ireland was in crisis and the Good Friday Agreement was still two years away-this new edition contains a brand new introduction and epilogue written by the author, covering Adams's family, Brexit, and the peace process.
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