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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450916803321

Autore

Grob-Fitzgibbon Benjamin John

Titolo

Turning points of the Irish Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the British government, intelligence, and the cost of indifference, 1912-1921 / / Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36351-0

9786611363512

0-230-60432-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

941.5082/1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Ireland History

Ireland History 1910-1921

Ireland History Easter Rising, 1916

Ireland History War of Independence, 1919-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I The Period of Overt Militancy, 1912-1914; Part II The Period of Clandestine Organization, 1914-1916; Part III The Period of Guerrilla War, 1916-1921; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In his exploration of the use of intelligence in Ireland by the British government from the onset of the Ulster Crisis in 1912 to the end of the Irish War of Independence in 1921, Grob-Fitzgibbon analyzes the role that intelligence played during those critical nine years.