O'Brien, Conor Cruise 1917-2008

The siege : the saga of Israel and Zionism by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
12 editions published between 1986 and 1988 in English and German and held by 1,669 libraries worldwide

The long affair : Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800 by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
10 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in English and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
Certain to be as controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolution. Unable to speak the language, endowed with few close friends or colleagues, and curiously detached from Parisian intellectual life, Thomas Jefferson seemed an alienated and somewhat homesick Virginia farmer during most of his tenure as American Minister to France. But the advent of the French Revolution seized Jefferson with a new fervor, and in 1789 he returned to the United States an ardent admirer and ally of that cause. O'Brien argues that Jefferson, though enthralled with the ideological mystique of the French Revolution, nevertheless retained a shrewd political pragmatism, skillfully exploiting the Revolution's popularity with the American public. Ultimately, O'Brien suggests, Jefferson's egalitarian ideals came into conflict with his staunch political support for the slave-based Southern economy. Following the slave insurrection in Haiti inspired by the French Revolution, his revolutionary zeal was tempered and began to cool. Concluding with an evaluation of Jefferson's current role in the system of American political beliefs, O'Brien seriously questions whether we can sustain Jefferson's lofty status in an increasingly multiracial America, and he suggests a disturbing link between Jefferson's vision and white supremacist, survivalist extremists. A provocative analysis of the supreme symbol of American history and political culture, The Long Affair will challenge our traditional perceptions of both Jeffersonian history and the Jeffersonian legacy.

States of Ireland by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
26 editions published between 1972 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,083 libraries worldwide

The great melody : a thematic biography and commented anthology of Edmund Burke by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
26 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in English and held by 988 libraries worldwide
Statesman, political thinker, orator and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke is considered a father of modern conservatism. His ideas helped shape modern history in debates ranging from the French and American Revolutions to the abolition of the slave trade.

To Katanga and back, a UN case history by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
21 editions published between 1962 and 1966 in English and held by 979 libraries worldwide

The morality of scholarship by Northrop Frye ( Book )
6 editions published between 1967 and 1973 in English and held by 938 libraries worldwide

Albert Camus of Europe and Africa by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 902 libraries worldwide

The story of Ireland by Máire O'Brien ( Book )
5 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 854 libraries worldwide
A pictorial study of Ireland that focuses on the political and social events that have contributed to its turbulent history.

Parnell and his party, 1880-90 by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
19 editions published between 1957 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 767 libraries worldwide

Writers and politics by Conor Cruise O'Brien ( Book )
13 editions published between 1955 and 1967 in English and held by 752 libraries worldwide