Colm Gillis's Blog - Posts Tagged "emergency-powers"

Ireland, like any other republic, has provision for crises. Fundamental rights can be violated on public safety grounds. On paper, the death penalty is the only red line in an Irish dictatorial regime. If the emergency was serious enough, however, it is unlikely that this ‘red line’ would remain because of the absence of a normal justice system. [continue reading ...]

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The Terrible Beauty of Dictatorship is my new non-fiction book scheduled for release, March 1st, 2016. It is both a history and analysis of emergency powers, dictatorships, and states of exception. [continue reading ...]

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Click here for a timeline of dictatorship and emergency powers from the Roman era up to the modern age.

Click on this link to view a video trailer for my new book "The Terrible Beauty of Dictatorship" which is due to be released on March 1st 2016.

On March 1st 2016 my new book The Terrible Beauty of Dictatorship was released. This tells the history of emergency powers and also analyses 'what it means' for extraordinary powers to be applied in such countries. The book can be viewed here. A video trailer can be viewed here and a documentary based on the book can be viewed here (N.B. You will need to change your video settings if watching the video from a mobile. Details are given on the video).
I will give details of offers on the book that will take place over the coming weeks.

Today my book is being given away for FREE on Kindle. No strings attached but I'd be grateful if you could leave an honest review if you do download it!