{"product_id":"the-ira-on-film-and-mark-connelly-9780786447367","title":"The IRA on Film and Television: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in Northern Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (\u003ci\u003eThe Informer\u003c\/i\u003e), Carol Reed (\u003ci\u003eOdd Man Out\u003c\/i\u003e), David Lean (\u003ci\u003eRyan's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e), Neil Jordan (\u003ci\u003eMichael Collins\u003c\/i\u003e), and many others. Such international film stars as Liam Neeson, James Cagney, Richard Gere, James Mason and Anthony Hopkins have portrayed IRA members alternately as heroic patriots, psychotic terrorists and tormented rebels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s. Topics include America's role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organization's brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786447362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786447367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Mark Connelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072764506367,"sku":"9780786447367","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dad30983-3a30-4676-8068-b8eb0e59018b.jpg?v=1685443860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ira-on-film-and-mark-connelly-9780786447367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}