Introduction -- The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War -- The big fellow: Michael Collins -- The shamrock and the swastika -- The Troubles II -- The classics: the informer and odd man out -- American angles -- International intrigue -- The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA -- Themes and characters -- Post troubles? -- Conclusion.
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"The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s"--Provided by publisher.