Technical cooperation in Latin America

"Roger Casement was in many ways the ablest of the Irish revolutionary leaders. His talents were of the highest order, his intellect cool, his perseverance unconquerable and his knowledge of world affairs profound. No man in troubled times ever rose to lasting greatness but by steady adherence to principle. In this view Casement's character and career possess an interest and an importance far beyond that of any individual. He was the incarnation of a principle: the right of every people to manage its own affairs. 'Every people ' he said, 'has a right to live its own life, provided that it works thereby no grievous wrong on its neighbours. England has that right; but she has no right to insist that another country shall adopt her mode of life, and to break them on the wheel if they resist.' As a policy, he was convinced that Irish freedom could not be attained without fighting for it. Philosophers and statesmen may be inclined to dispute these concepts but none can deny to Casement the merit of having steadily adhered to them in his reasonings and followed them out with invincible constancy in his conduct. Throughout every line of these letters of Roger Casement, which appear in this book, burns the bright flame of his intense love for his country. They shed a brilliant light on almost all the stirring and critical scenes of the times, and should constitute a valuable contribution to a period and aspect of Irish history as yet imperfectly understood."--Book jacket.