Passion and Cunning : Essays on Nationalism, Terrorism and Revolution by O'Brien, Conor Cruise

Simon & Schuster, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Simon & Schuster, September 1988. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1988, 1988. Hb. VG-/G+. ISBN:0-671-66724-6. 293pp. Index. Soiling, wear boards, remainder mark bottom-edge, DJ: soiling, small tears, chipping extremities, hole bottom front.. Hb. VG-/G+.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Book. Book: Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A beautiful copy with minimal signs of wear. Text clean, spine strong. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Simon & Schuster, January 1988. Hardcover. USED Good.

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Hardback. Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge wear.. 293 p. Index. One of our finest journalists and political analysts, Conor Cruise O'Brien has collected his most important recent work, including mojor pieces on Nicaragua, South Africa, Ireland, terrorism and American neoconservatism. PASSION AND CUNNING displays the brilliance and acuity, the range, wit and intellectual power of a writer whom John Gross calls "one of the outstanding essayist of our time, a master of forceful argument and jintellectual swordplay. "

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth over paper boards copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 293 p.; 25 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Passion and cunning: an essay on the politics of W.B. Yeats -- Virtue and terror: Rousseau and Robespierre -- The liberal Pole: Pope John Paul II -- God and man in Nicaragua -- What can become of South Africa? -- South Africa and the academic boycott -- ""The Irish mind"": a bad case of cultural nationalism -- Bobby Sands: mutations of nationalism -- Ireland: the shirt of Nessus -- Thinking about terrorism: I -- Thinking about terrorism: II -- Press freedom and the need to please -- A neo-conservative ideologue: Norman Podhoretz -- Three Zionists: Weizmann, Ben-Gurion, Katznelson -- The fall of Africa -- States of the Union. Subjects: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 Political… Read More