Written in 1972 in the wake of Bloody Sunday and direct rule, States of Ireland was Conor Cruise O'Brien's searching analysis of contemporary Irish nationalism: part-memoir, part-history, part-polemic.

A guide to modern Jewish history, Zionism, and the history of Israel for the general reader.

A memoir by the reputed scholar Conor Cruise O'Brien.

Walls: They’re anything that keeps you from living the life God intended for you.

Cruise O'Brien has been described as ''a man who so persistently asks the right questions'' (The Economist), and in this, his last book, he explores the question of how early America's future was determined.

Next, O'Brien held the Schweitzer Chair at New York University, where he wrote prolifically, developed an innovative program in literature and society, and served as a model of courageous political activism.

Composite portrait of all aspects of present-day Ireland by 25 Irish writers.

As provocative and brilliantly argued as it was in 1970, Conor Cruise O'Brien's Camus is a groundbreaking postcolonial critique which revolutionised how Camus was viewed by a new generation.

The broad reach of these topics underscores the scope of O'Brien's concerns. This book will be of interest to students of the humanities and political sciences.

. . . Where he looks back to his own childhood the book shines. He writes of his mother and father with effortless grace and candor, with a marvelous, elegant mix of affection and detachment."—Observer