{"product_id":"9780717163762","title":"Jack Lynch, A Biography: The Life and Times of Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch (1917-1999)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Lynch is one of the most important and perhaps most underrated Irish political leaders of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A sportsman who won six All-Ireland medals in a row with Cork, he was also a civil servant and a barrister before being elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948. During his thirty-one years as a parliamentarian, he held the ministries of Education, Industry and Commerce, and Finance before succeeding Seán Lemass as Taoiseach in 1966. Lynch held office during the critical years of the late 1960s and early 1970s when Northern Ireland disintegrated and civil unrest swept through Belfast, Derry and other towns. This precipitated one of the worst crises in the history of the Irish state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Lynch upheld the parliamentary democratic tradition at great personal and political cost, even to the point of fracturing the unity of his government and his party. If you want to know what happened during those terrible years, read this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Lynch, A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e: Table of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom Shandon to Dáil Éireann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoverty and society in the Shandon area\u003cbr\u003eDaniel and Nora Lynch\u003cbr\u003ePolitics and the Lynch family\u003cbr\u003eEarly childhood, education and signs of sporting promise\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Nora Lynch\u003cbr\u003eNorth Monastery and sporting stardom\u003cbr\u003eLeaving Certificate, 1936: From first job to study of law\u003cbr\u003eMeeting with Máirín O’Connor\u003cbr\u003eHigh honours and the end of a distinguished career\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJourneyman Politician: Backbench TD and Parliamentary Secretary, 1948–57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackbench TD\u003cbr\u003eGeneral election and promotion to parliamentary secretary, 1951–4\u003cbr\u003eOpposition again: The 1954 general election and three years on the back benches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinister for Education, 1957–94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMinister for Industry and Commerce, 1959–65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynch and the legislative backlog\u003cbr\u003eLynch and the industrial unrest of the 1960s\u003cbr\u003eTourism and mining\u003cbr\u003eAttracting industry to Cork\u003cbr\u003eGeneral election, the road to free trade and membership of the EEC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMinister for Finance, 1965–6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClosing in on speculators\u003cbr\u003eFinal months in Finance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNeither a ‘Caretaker’ nor a ‘Reluctant’ Taoiseach, 1966–9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Haughey was promoted\u003cbr\u003eTaca and controlling Fianna Fáil\u003cbr\u003eForeign policy, membership of the EEC and Anglo-Irish relations\u003cbr\u003eIrish foreign policy and Viet Nam\u003cbr\u003eVisit to Terence O’Neill\u003cbr\u003eConflict in Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eThe 1969 general election\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Northern ‘Troubles’ and the Irish State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHillery’s visit to London, 1 August 1969\u003cbr\u003eGovernment meeting as Northern crisis worsens\u003cbr\u003eLynch’s television address\u003cbr\u003eThe Government’s follow-up action\u003cbr\u003eWhitaker called on for advice\u003cbr\u003eHillery in London again\u003cbr\u003eGovernment meeting of 16 August 1969\u003cbr\u003ePress and propaganda strategy and Operation ‘Silk Purse’\u003cbr\u003eHillery at the United Nations\u003cbr\u003eThe IRA and the Lynch policy of ‘no fraternisation’\u003cbr\u003ePublic diplomacy and Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eWhitaker and the shaping of policy on Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eRegaining the policy initiative\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Voice of the North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilitary intelligence and Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eOpen challenge from Neil Blaney: ‘Fianna Fáil never ruled out the use of force’\u003cbr\u003eThe Fianna Fáil ard-fheis, 1970\u003cbr\u003eConspiracy to import arms\u003cbr\u003eThe Dundalk arms shipment\u003cbr\u003eThe murder of Garda Fallon and gun-running\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Kelly and the ‘gun-running’ plan\u003cbr\u003e‘We stand on the brink of a great achievement’\u003cbr\u003eThe Arms Trial\u003cbr\u003eKeeping a dignified silence\u003cbr\u003e‘You can have Boland but you cannot have Fianna Fáil’: The 1971 ard-fheis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eIreland and Europe: Negotiating Membership of the EEC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eConstitutional Politics and Revolutionary Challenge, 1971–3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInternment\u003cbr\u003eIntervention by Máirín Lynch\u003cbr\u003eSunday, Bloody Sunday\u003cbr\u003eThe IRA discusses assassinating the Minister for Justice\u003cbr\u003eWhitaker opens lines of communication with Unionism\u003cbr\u003eSummer peace overtures end in failure\u003cbr\u003eWhitaker and the parallel track to the Unionists and the British\u003cbr\u003eAnglo-Irish relations in the autumn of 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOpposition and Return to Power, 1973–9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAiken resigns over Haughey nomination\u003cbr\u003eVictory for the National Coalition\u003cbr\u003eLynch, the National Coalition and Sunningdale, 1973\u003cbr\u003eLife in opposition\u003cbr\u003eThe Littlejohn affair: ‘Stinking to high Heaven’\u003cbr\u003eReviving Fianna Fáil\u003cbr\u003eThe road back to power\u003cbr\u003eFianna Fáil returns to power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Happy is the man who finds wisdom’: Retirement and Final Years, 1980–99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStaying out of politics\u003cbr\u003eDeath and funeral\u003cbr\u003eO’Malley’s graveside oration\u003cbr\u003eIn appreciation of a public life\u003cbr\u003eDeath of M\u0026amp;aacute:irín Lynch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Lynch’s Place in Irish History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Gill \u0026 MacMillan, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125525332208,"sku":"9780717163762","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780717163762_p0.jpg?v=1763624786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780717163762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}