In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long
Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught
family members kept bedside vigils, one soldier after another slowly
went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government
recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals.
Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the
prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping
story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely
human story, Ten Men Dead offers a searing portrait of strife-torn
Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that
Republicanism arouses.