Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780871137029)

In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals.

Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, Ten Men Dead offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.

Author: David Beresford
ISBN-10: 087113702X
ISBN-13: 9780871137029
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/1997
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.53w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/16/1997 pg. 32