Publisher description: Ireland in Conflict, 1922-1998 sets out the main political, economic and social developments in Ireland, north and south of the border, since the 1922 treaty. It explains the conflicts in their context and examines the underlying tensions which led to prol…
The Irish Civil War inspired passion, hatred & idealism long after the Free State Army took control in 1923. Using newspaper reports, speeches, eyewitness accounts, & illustrative material, Litton describes the mixture of inexperience & vision that characterized both the Provisi…
The Irish Civil War inspired passion, hatred & idealism long after the Free State Army took control in 1923. Using newspaper reports, speeches, eyewitness accounts, & illustrative material, Litton describes the mixture of inexperience & vision that characterized both the Provisi…
"Richard English's book is the first full, systematic study of the thought and action of the IRA, the first book which asks not only what the IRA have done, but also why they have done it and what the consequences have been. Based on the most extensive research ever conducted fo…
The years 1920-22 constituted a period of unprecedented conflict and political change in Ireland. It began with the onset of the most brutal phase of the War of Independence and culminated in the effective military defeat of the Republican IRA in the Civil War. Occurring alongsi…
