Dan Breen was sometimes known as the 'Thug with Blood on His Hands' because of his involvement in the ambush and killing of two RIC policemen at Soloheadbeg - a political and historical controversy widely regarded as the act that started the War of Independence. Alongside his co…
"Michael T. Foy examines the intelligence war between Collins and the British and both sides' efforts to achieve victory, as well as the activities and methods of Collins's Intelligence Department, assassination Squad and his moles within the British administration. Collins's pe…
"Poland was in ruins after World War I. The fighting front had rolled through some areas more than seven different times, destroying the roads, railways, bridges, water systems, and power plants. Even after Poland regained her independence in 1918, the borders were not yet defin…
Upon their scandalous deportation from the United States in 1919, famous anarchist writers and activists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were greeted like heroes by the new Bolshevik government in Russia. Berkman described it as ?the most sublime day of my life.? And yet he w…
"Combining biography with philosophy, this book explores John Dewey's two-year trip to China (1919-1921) and its legacy for him as a teacher and a learner. Jessica Ching-Sze Wang looks at how Dewey was received in China, what he learned, and how he was changed as a result. She e…
Le témoignage de Dmitri Perchine est précieux. Non que cet antibolchevique convaincu ait fait preuve d'impartialité dans ses mémoires, ni tout su des informations dont disposait l'état-major d'Ungern, ni encore tout saisi des événements survenus en pays mongol entre 1920 et 1921…