The Irish War of IndependenceMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2002 - 274 pagine The Irish War of Independence was a sporadic guerrilla campaign taht lasted from January 1919 until July 1921. Michael Hopkinson makes full use of the recently opened files of the Bureau of Military Archives in Dublin, which contain valuable first-hand contemporary accounts of the war, meticulously piecing together the many disparate local actions to create a coherent narrative. He stresses the importance of local and contingent issues over the idea of a master plan developed by the Dublin-based republican leadership. The war was prosecuted ruthlessly by the Irish Republican Army which, paralleling the political efforts of Sinn Fein, hoped to break Britain's will to rule Ireland and create an independent Irish republic. The British retaliated by introducing two new irregular forces into Ireland, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries, Fighting took place principally in counties Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, Clare, Kerry, and Longford. It was sporadic but vicious, with fewer than 2,000 IRA volunteers facing over 50,000 crown forces. The IRA depended upon energetic local leaders - where there were none, there was little fighting. |
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action administration ambush Anderson April areas arms army Art O'Brien Arthur Griffith attack Auxiliaries barracks Battalion Belfast Black and Tans Bonar Law Brennan Brigade British government Bureau Statement Cabinet Catholic Chief Secretary civil Clare Clune Cork Cork city Dáil Dáil Éireann December Division Dublin Castle Éamon de Valera Easter Rising election Ernie O'Malley fighting Fisher flying columns force French Government of Ireland Greenwood Griffith guerrilla warfare Home Rule Hopkinson ibid Independence Intelligence Irish question Irish Republic Irish-American January July June Kerry killed leaders leadership Limerick Lloyd George Lloyd George Papers London Longford Lord MacEoin Macpherson Macready MacSwiney March martial law Michael Collins military Mulcahy Papers National nationalist Northern Ireland November O'Malley Notebooks Office organisation Parliament peace police political raids Report reprisals republican Seán Seán Moylan September 1920 Sinn Féin South Sturgis Diaries Tipperary Treaty troops Truce Ulster Unionist Valera Volunteers Wylie
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