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Mentioned when discussing Dan Breen's character as a 'hard, violent man who was utterly unrepentant about killing people' - the book is described as glorifying his actions during the Irish War of Independence.

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Referenced when discussing Michael Collins' dual role as finance minister and intelligence chief - the book contains a description of Collins as 'a finance minister with the unusual advantage of running a death squad.'

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Mentioned as a resource housed at the Royal Irish Academy containing short biographies of main characters from the Irish Revolution, with contributions from historians like Ronan Fanning and Alvin Jackson.

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Described as 'probably the most contentious book ever written about Irish history' - discussed in the context of the debate about whether IRA violence had a sectarian dimension, particularly regarding events in Cork during the War of Independence.

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Referenced as 'the most recent biography' of Mary MacSwiney, who traveled to the United States on a fundraising campaign after her brother Terence MacSwiney's death on hunger strike.