Arming the Irish Revolution : gunrunning and arms smuggling in Ireland, 1911-1922 / W. H. Kautt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kautt, William H. (William Henry), 1968- author.

Series:

Modern war studies.

Modern war studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921--Logistics.

Ireland.

Illegal arms transfers--Ireland--History--20th century.

Illegal arms transfers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]

Summary:

"Supply is so critical to warfighting that armies win and lose wars over it. In Arming the Irish Revolution, W.H. Kautt uses the complicated history of Ireland's revolution as a backdrop to examine in detail how the Irish rebels acquired their weapons to fight the most powerful army in the world and, ultimately, to obtain their independence. While there are studies that examine various elements of issues and topics surrounding arms acquisition during this period, none has done so comprehensively, or as more than just a backdrop to another topic. As a result, there has been no assessment of these activities or their influences on the outcomes of the war. The republican movement in Ireland created and kept a considerable number of documents, which have survived and are now available to researchers. Within those pages is the story of the movement's successes and failures, a story that Kautt brings to life in this book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Arming before the War of Independence

Arms acquisition in the early part of the War for Independence

Rebel arms manufacturing and bomb making

IRB arms centers : buying and moving the "stuff"

"Sweet Mauser music" : overseas suppliers & rebel operations to the close of the Revolutionary Era

The Northern Divisions : from truce and treaty to civil war

The costs, the dangers, and the counters : accident, arrest, imprisonment, death

Assessment of the Republican arms procurement campaigns, 1918-1921

Conclusions

Appendix: Other munitions factories and shops.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700632275

0700632271

OCLC:

1287098788