{"product_id":"architects-of-the-resurrection-r-m-douglas-9780719079986","title":"Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí Na Haiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland","description":"In 1942 Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin, a young pro-Axis activist, founded Ailtirí na hAiséirghe (\"Architects of the Resurrection\"), a fascist movement that aimed to destroy the infant Irish democracy and replace it with a one-party totalitarian state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Ailtirí na hAiséirghe was no Nazi imitator. Rather, it aimed at something far more ambitious: the fusion of totalitarianism and Christianity that would make Ireland a \"missionary-ideological state\" wielding global influence in the postwar era. Supported by idealistic youths and mainstream politicians like Ernest Blythe, Oliver J. Flanagan and Dan Breen-and scrutinised anxiously by British and American intelligence-Aiséirghe won several seats in the 1945 local government elections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArchitects of the Resurrection casts an uncomfortable light on the popularity of anti-democratic, anti-Semitic and extremist ideas in wartime Ireland. Students of Irish history and of comparative fascism will find many new insights in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. M. Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719079985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719079986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"R. M. Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809627795711,"sku":"9780719079986","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b9c5e6b-f6fe-474e-9dba-f4c0721f64cd.jpg?v=1707927025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architects-of-the-resurrection-r-m-douglas-9780719079986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}