The Irish War of Independence and Civil War / edited by John Gibney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibney, John, 1976- editor.

Series:

Irish perspectives.

Irish Perspectives Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Ireland--Politics and government--1910-1921.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Pen And Sword History, [2020]

Summary:

An in-depth look at how the Irish Free State was born, from a variety of perspectives. In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom.Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged.

Contents:

Cover

Book title

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1 Keeping an eye on the usual suspects: Dublin Castle's 'Personalities Files', 1899-1921

Chapter 2 Ireland and the Bolshevik Revolution

Chapter 3 'Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?' The life and death of Detective Sergeant John Barton

Chapter 4 Smoking gun? British government policy and RIC reprisals, summer 1920

Chapter 5 Who were the Black and Tans?

Chapter 6 Revolutionary justice: the Dáil Éireann courts

Chapter 7 'Pilgrimville': the Templemore miracles, 1920

Chapter 8 Nationalism, empire and memory: the Connaught Rangers mutiny, June 1920

Chapter 9 'Prophet of the oppressed nations': Gabriele D'Annunzio and the Irish Republic, 1919-21

Chapter 10 Bloody Sunday, 1920: the military inquiry

Chapter 11 The burning of Cork, 1920: the fire service response

Chapter 12 The War of Independence in the northern counties

Chapter 13 'Spies and informers beware!' IRA executions of alleged civilian spies during the War of Independence

Chapter 14 'Murder stops play - eventually!': gentlemen of Ireland versus the military of Ireland, 3 June 1921

Chapter 15 From the outside in: the international dimension to the Irish Civil War

Chapter 16 The Clones affray, 1922: massacre or invasion?

Chapter 17 'A scrapping of every principle of individual liberty': the postal strike of 1922

Chapter 18 'Will the show go on?': the IRA's Civil War campaign against Dublin's cinemas and theatres

Chapter 19 The women who died for Ireland

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Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-5267-5801-6

1-5267-5799-0

OCLC:

1259590749