Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008)
Autor(a) de Ireland: A Concise History
About the Author
Writer and diplomat Conor Cruise O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 3, 1917. He studied history at Trinity College and found a job in the civil service. While working as a civil servant, he wrote two books Maria Cross (1952) and Parnell and His Party (1957). As a diplomat, he focused mostrar mais on creating an independent position for Ireland in the United Nations and played a critical role in the United Nations intervention in Congo in 1961. In 1969, he won a seat in Ireland's Parliament. He also was editor in chief of The Observer and was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, and The Irish Independent. He wrote numerous books throughout his lifetime including To Katanga and Back, The Great Melody, Memoir: My Life and Themes, and The Long Affair. He died on December 18, 2008 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Conor Cruise O'Brien
Neighbours: Ewart-Biggs Memorial Lectures, 1978-79 (The Ewart-Biggs memorial lectures) (1980) 7 exemplares
Aphrodite : or the future of sexual relationships 4 exemplares
The suspecting glance : the T.S. Eliot memorial lectures delivered at Eliot College in the University of Kent at… (1972) 2 exemplares
Neighbours: four lectures delivered by Conor Cruise O'Brien in memory of Christopher Ewart-Biggs / introduction by… (1980) 1 exemplar
Albert Camus 1 exemplar
The Story of Ireland 1 exemplar
Parnell & His Party 1880-90 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Literary Imagination, Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of David Grene (1999) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
TriQuarterly 23/24 Winter/Spring 1972 : Literature in revolution (1972) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1917-11-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2008-12-18
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ireland
- Local de nascimento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Locais de residência
- Dublin, Ireland
- Educação
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Ocupações
- politician
civil servant
journalist - Organizações
- The Observer
Irish Independent
Membros
Críticas
The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke por Conor Cruise O'Brien
Edmund Burke led an amazing life and contributed a lot to our understanding of democracy. O'Brien has written a beautiful biography, one of the best ever.
This is an excellent book. Cruise O'Brien puts his heart into this book and gives a very readable and illuminating history of the politics of Katanga and the Congo and the involvement of the various United Nations powerbrokers. His passion for the Congolese runs through the book. Anyone interested in diplomatic intrigue and the Cold War, in which this conflict occurred, should read this book.
This book was a departure from the biographical or historical tomes I had been reading lately. Mr O'Brien writes what could easily be an opinion piece in a political magazine. This book focuses primarily on George Washington's deft handling of a horribly complicated French Revolution, his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, whom he did not agree with and the burgeoning American government. Roll in turmoil with the Whiskey Rebellion as well as the Jay Treaty of Pres. Washington's second term and it is clear George Washington was an underestimated politician and tactician.
It is clear, Conor Cruise O'Brien is a well studied scholar and passionate about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; he not only forwards his own opinions, but takes on generations of Washington biographers to "set the record straight." Even more interestingly, Mr O'Brien, as introduced by Christopher Hitchens, is most commonly aligned with the far Left. Mr O'Brien, a former Irish politician and diplomat, goes to lengths not typical of an anti-colonialist to defend a Founding Father, by doing so, the author works so practically to prove George Washington stood correct in his suspicions of the French Revolution.
A very interesting book which will shed some suspicion on Thomas Jefferson, enlighten those who believe that politics has never been so vicious as they are now, and spark interest in learning more about the French Revolution and its influence on America.… (mais)
It is clear, Conor Cruise O'Brien is a well studied scholar and passionate about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; he not only forwards his own opinions, but takes on generations of Washington biographers to "set the record straight." Even more interestingly, Mr O'Brien, as introduced by Christopher Hitchens, is most commonly aligned with the far Left. Mr O'Brien, a former Irish politician and diplomat, goes to lengths not typical of an anti-colonialist to defend a Founding Father, by doing so, the author works so practically to prove George Washington stood correct in his suspicions of the French Revolution.
A very interesting book which will shed some suspicion on Thomas Jefferson, enlighten those who believe that politics has never been so vicious as they are now, and spark interest in learning more about the French Revolution and its influence on America.… (mais)
Of the three I just read, I like this history best. It is indeed concise, and the photographs also add a lot of unspoken words.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 37
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 1,172
- Popularidade
- #21,961
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 82
- Línguas
- 2
