War Peace and Politics Collection

By Mike O'Sullivan

A collection of 14 Poems of varying length and form, considering political issues that have given rise to war, its outcome and the peace, in the first fifteen years or so of the 21st Century.

Mike writes about the key conflicts of the Western world, challenging the political thinking of the day, highlighting the nonsense of political thinking at the time, and raising awareness of the wider context of democracy and the human condition.

Perhaps a little less humorous than some of his other poetry, but always ironic and sharply pertinent in observation, Mike concentrates on the dilemmas, excuses and ironies of negotiation and getting agreement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mike O'Sullivan
• Release date: Jul 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463356296

Mike O'Sullivan

Mike is an Irish novelist and poet, married and living in Herefordshire England. He was born in Dublin and spent his school years in Cork. In primary school Mike needed to get by the eagle-eyed headmaster who looked hard at his long essays designed to hide the words he could not spell. This carried on further up the line when at UCD the Professor of English likened Mike to another who could not spell, George Bernard Shaw. But Mike made the connection, he did not have to be a genius at spelling.He moved to London in his twenties and has worked in a wide range of industries – music and cosmetics, in oil exploration, mining, insurance, catering, City Finance and Management Consultancy. Mike uses that experience in his novels. When he first arrived in London Mike fell in with a group of three other Irishmen debating the philosophical process of making a million or finding a job that was more like pleasure. Mike found the job, but it would take too long to explain his philosophy here. Mike says that in a sense he had a plan for life and so far it has been working out.His novels often start with an individual battling the system but without a plan of how he or she will cope. Mike believes that social systems and institutions are usually rigid when it comes to change or quick decisions and therefore the individual can become trapped. It takes effort, some courage and guile to walk out into the wider world of individual thinking. He shows that an individual can focus enough to even the odds and come out on top. He often uses humour and comedic situations to make his point leaving the reader to consider the underlying philosophy if they wish. A key element of Mike’s writing is the Irish skill of fast paced conversation as Mike’s overall aim is to entertain his readers.

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War Peace and Politics Collection

By

Mike O’Sullivan

Copyright © 2018 by Mike O’Sullivan

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War Peace and Politics Collection

Contents

In Praise of Cool Heads

Iraq Excuse Me - May 2003

Cold Warning

God's Own on Crusade - October 2004

Trouble Was... the Blair Years

Talks – Belfast 1996

The Outcast - Thoughts Found in Downing Street

Bosnia 1995

Bullets

The Power of Suggestion

The Word

It Never Happened

Bombing

Egypt - 2013

1 In Praise of Cool Heads - 2001

Twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York

symbol of America’s global influence

the most powerful nation