Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the IRA's Soul by Kevin Toolis

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For ten years Kevin Toolis investigated the lives of the IRA soldiers who wage a secret battle against the British State. His journeys took him from the back kitchens of Belfast, where men joked while making two-thousand-pound bombs, to prisons for interviews with men serving life sentences, and to the graveyards where mourners weep. Each chapter explores a world where history, faith, and human savagery determine life and death. At once moving and harrowing, Rebel Hearts is the most show more authoritative and insightful book ever written on the IRA. show less

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Devlindusty 102 reviews

kevin toolis was able to capture the modern ira in a way ive never seen. there is a code of dangerous silence that goes with being in the ra. just because you cannot see them doesnt mean they are not really there.

Nov 12, 2011

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