CONTENTS

Preface.

1.      ‘We will now call on the Irish people to rally to us’.

2.      ‘You are a traitor’.

3.      Chairman of the Provisional Government.

4.      ‘Coercion-of-Ulster is unthinkable’.

5.      ‘There was no Ulster question’.

6.      The Collins–Craig Pact.

7.      Taking Hostages.

8.      The Clones Affray.

9.      ‘The rats leaving the ship’.

10.    ‘Let the bastard go’.

11.    ‘Some of you know nothing about freedom’.

12.    ‘Three of the most delightful hours’.

13.    ‘Civil war can only be averted by a miracle’.

14.    ‘We will co-operate in nothing’.

15.    ‘Drift about in recriminatory correspondence’.

16.    ‘We are fast verging to anarchy’.

17.    The Election Pact.

18.    ‘Northern Rebellion’.

19.    ‘I can’t leave these people unprotected’.

20.    ‘This gulf is unbridgeable’.

21.    ‘Worse than Armenian atrocities’.

22.    ‘Collins might appoint a charwoman’.

23.    ‘You understand fully what you have to do’.

24.    ‘The safety of the nation is the first law’.

25.    ‘Keep open some avenue or avenues to peace’.

26.    ‘Dogging the fortunes of Ireland’.

27.    ‘What matter if for Ireland dear we fall’.

28.    ‘Hang up your brightest colours’.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index