The Irish War of IndependenceGill & Macmillan, 2002 - 274 pagine The Irish War of Independence was a sporadic guerrilla campaign which lasted from January 1919 until July 1921. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the forces of the British crown with the intention of breaking Britain's will to rule Ireland. This campaign paralleled the political efforts of Sinn Fein to create an independent Irish republic. |
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... INTELLIGENCE It has become customary to depict the War as an Intelligence triumph for the IRA and , together with success on the publicity side , to contrast this with their military limitations . There has , however , been much ...
... INTELLIGENCE It has become customary to depict the War as an Intelligence triumph for the IRA and , together with success on the publicity side , to contrast this with their military limitations . There has , however , been much ...
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... intelligence service ' resulted . " There was no reason why the broad principles , on which British Intelligence was based during the war , should not have been followed in Ireland , for they are generally admitted to have been sound ...
... intelligence service ' resulted . " There was no reason why the broad principles , on which British Intelligence was based during the war , should not have been followed in Ireland , for they are generally admitted to have been sound ...
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... Intelligence triumph for the IRA than a military one . Collins ' Intelligence organisation became legendary and the template for later anti - colonial struggles . The Fenian movement of the 1860s had been riddled with informers ; now ...
... Intelligence triumph for the IRA than a military one . Collins ' Intelligence organisation became legendary and the template for later anti - colonial struggles . The Fenian movement of the 1860s had been riddled with informers ; now ...
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Background to the Irish Revolution | 13 |
Outline of the War January 1919June 1920 | 27 |
British Administration 1919April 1920 | 33 |
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