Just Garret: Tales from the Political Front Line

Fitzgerald, Garrett

ISBN 10: 1905483686 / ISBN 13: 9781905483686

Verlag: Liberties Press, 2014

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Here is Garret FitzGerald the person û from the young newlywed in his first job, to the Taoiseach grappling with economic crises and dealing with world leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Just Garret is the personal account of the public and private lives of a man who led his country through a hugely turbulent period of history û always with intelligence and finesse. FitzGerald reflects candidly on his hugely varied career: his central role in the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Ireland's place in the EU on the global stage, and the threat posed to the state by IRA atrocities. He writes of the lighter moments of his professional life û including the discovery of spies in the Stillorgan Shopping Centre.

Even after such a full political life, FitzGerald has remained fully engaged with Irish society and politics, bringing his characteristic steady hand and razor-sharp insight to the issues of the day in his weekly Irish Times column and elsewhere. In these troubled times, where cynicism and disillusionment are sometimes in the ascendant, here are valuable words of wisdom and experience from someone who has seen it all before û and remains optimistic about Ireland's future.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dr Garret FitzGerald was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977, was twice Taoiseach, from June 1981 to March 1982 and again from December 1982 to March 1987, and was a driving force behind the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985. Dr FitzGerald, a graduate in History, French and Spanish, and a barrister, taught in the Political Economy Department at UCD for fourteen years, having spent the earlier part of his career in Aer Lingus. Until recently Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, he has sat on the boards of several major public and private organisations. In addition to delivering lectures and acting as a consultant all over the world, he has been a columnist for the Irish Times since 1954 and a regular contributor to various journals and political magazines.

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Titel: Just Garret: Tales from the Political Front ...
Verlag: Liberties Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
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