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Reviews 'A well-written work based on extensive use of state archives backed up by contemporary newspapers and periodicals. It successfully establishes that a broader international context is a useful way of adding to our understanding of how perceptions of a communist/subversive threat influenced both British and Irish policymakers.' Henry Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Ulster University

Reviews 'A well-written work based on extensive use of state archives backed up by contemporary newspapers and periodicals. It successfully establishes that a broader international context is a useful way of adding to our understanding how perceptions of a communist/subversive threat influenced both British and Irish policymakers.' Professor Henry Patterson, University of Ulster

'This carefully researched and illuminating study broadens our knowledge of the Irish republican left... For specialists on the fraught relationship between Irish republicanism and socialism, Mulqueen's book represents another valuable addition to their bookshelves.' Stephen Hopkins, Labour History Review 'Mulqueen draws upon an impressive range of primary sources... I commend this book as a valuable and original addition to the literature on Ireland and the Cold War, which will appeal to both scholars of recent Irish history and of the Cold War internationally.' Gerard Madden, Labour History '[An Alien Ideology] is the first attempt to quantify and analyse the extent and nature of UK/US surveillance of the Irish left... I strongly recommend this book.' Padraig Mannion, LookLeft 'The 1970s and 80s were challenging times for intellectuals, and the high-water mark of historical revisionism, censorship, and self-censorship. Many historians flattered themselves that they were in the front line of the struggle to defend civilization from the Provisionals and that liberal democracy was more important than academic integrity. By contrast, Mulqueen is impressively objective, and skillfully negotiates the controversies.' Emmet O'Connor, Irish Literary Supplement 'An Alien Ideology deserves to join the essential reading lists on the Cold War's impact on the island of Ireland... Mulqueen's book reminds us to always consider the influence of international affairs on domestic politics.' Thomas Leahy, Irish Political Studies 'Mulqueen has written a much needed and very welcome book.' Dianne Kirby, European History Quarterly 'As a history of state intelligence on Ireland's far left, it's original, engaging, and recommended.' Emmet O'Connor, Socialist History 'The main strength of this impressive study... lies in Mulqueen's assiduous charting and sophisticated assessment of the spectrum of [the Official republican movement's] links to major international actors, not least the Soviet Union.' Ruan O'Donnell, History Ireland 'An arresting account and a valuable contribution to the growing body of academic research into the [Northern Ireland] conflict.' Tom Wall, Dublin Review of Books 'A fresh and original study of the Irish republican left, as seen from the strangely neglected, but as Mulqueen demonstrates, crucial, perspective of Cold War geo-politics. Clearly written and finely detailed, one of the more notable features of this book is the creative use of the British and American diplomatic archives. Altogether, An Alien Ideology makes a significant contribution to our understanding of later twentieth-century Ireland - a time which now seems at once so near and so far away.' Jim Smyth, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Notre Dame Reviews 'A well-written work based on extensive use of state archives backed up by contemporary newspapers and periodicals. It successfully establishes that a broader international context is a useful way of adding to our understanding of how perceptions of a communist/subversive threat influenced both British and Irish policymakers.' Henry Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Ulster University

'A fresh and original study of the Irish republican left, as seen from the strangely neglected, but as Mulqueen demonstrates, crucial, perspective of Cold War geo-politics. Clearly written and finely detailed, one of the more notable features of this book is the creative use of the British and American diplomatic archives. Altogether, An Alien Ideology makes a significant contribution to our understanding of later twentieth-century Ireland - a time which now seems at once so near and so far away.' Jim Smyth, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Notre Dame Reviews 'A well-written work based on extensive use of state archives backed up by contemporary newspapers and periodicals. It successfully establishes that a broader international context is a useful way of adding to our understanding of how perceptions of a communist/subversive threat influenced both British and Irish policymakers.' Henry Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Ulster University

Reviews 'A well-written work based on extensive use of state archives backed up by contemporary newspapers and periodicals. It successfully establishes that a broader international context is a useful way of adding to our understanding of how perceptions of a communist/subversive threat influenced both British and Irish policymakers.' Professor Henry Patterson, University of Ulster

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John Mulqueen holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin and is the author of ‘Remembering and Forgetting: The Official Republican Movement, 1970–1982’, in Jim Smyth (ed.), Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland (2017). He is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books and has written for Intelligence and National Security and History Ireland.

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