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Born July 12, 1946 • Maidstone • England
Died October 30, 2020 (aged 74) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-1945” • “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War” • “The Age of the Warrior: Selected Essays” • “The Great War for Civilisation-the Conquest of the Middle East” • “The Point of No Return: The Strike Which Broke the British in Ulster”
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