Known as the definitive biography on Michael Collins. Coogan uses many government documents, British and Irish, as well as papers originating from Collins himself.

Collins' writings include his view on the history of Ireland and the oppression it suffered under the British

How British public opinion, in the form of pressure groups and institutions such as the church, over the violence in Ireland led the government to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Memoirs of the commander the third West Cork Brigade of the IRA, with guerrilla strategy described in detail

O'Farrell tries to answer the central problem of "what, basically divided Ireland from England?", using overarching issues of colonisation, conquest, land, nationalism, religion, self-government, etc.

The Communist leader who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 wrote this while engaging in guerrilla warfare against the Japanese in 1937, and outlines guerrilla strategy.

Hopkinson details the conflict based on local issues rather than a centralized master plan, as well as sections on British politics and policy and a section on Northern Ireland.

James presents a balanced view of the empire, which he believes transformed the world with its accomplishments. He also incorporates the mental and physical impacts of the empire on its citizens

Details the history of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from prehistoric times to 1997 and how each transformed differently. More conceptual and theoretical.

The socialist ideologue of the Easter Rising martyrs. This book details his life and his indoctrination into Marxism, and his call for an Irish socialist state