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The Fight for Dublin, 1919-1921 : Urban Warfare in the Irish Struggle for Independence.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenna, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Political violence.
- Intelligence service--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Espionage, British--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Espionage, British.
- Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921--Military intelligence.
- Dublin (Ireland)--History, Military--20th century.
- Dublin (Ireland).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fight for Dublin, 1919-1921
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- "In Dublin, the War of Irish Independence (1919-1921) was an intense and dirty battle between military intelligence agents. While IRA flying columns fought the British Army and the Black and Tans in the countryside, the fighting in Ireland's capitol city pitted the wits of IRA Commander Michael Collins against the cloak-and-dagger innovations of British Intelligence Chief Colonel Ormonde de l'Epee Winter. This history chronicles the covert war of assassinations, arrests, torture and murder that culminated in the November 1920 mass assassination of British intelligence officers by IRA squads"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preparing for war
- British intelligence in Ireland 1914-1918
- Establishing an Irish intelligence service
- Eliminating the G men
- Special Branch strikes back
- Military intelligence and the paramilitaries
- Winter arrives
- Dublin Special Branch
- the Murder Gang
- Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920
- Hardy, King, and Igoe
- IRA active service units
- Burning the Custom House
- The road to peace
- Appendix I: Intelligence staff and The Squad
- Appendix II: Known or suspected British agents
- Appendix III: Known or suspected touts
- Appendix IV: British Secret Service men and others assassinated or wounded on November 21, 1920
- Appendix V: Members of G. Division, Dublin Metropolitan Police, shot and killed by The Squad.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4206-0
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