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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464572003321

Autore

Gardiner Eamonn T

Titolo

Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War [[electronic resource] ] : counter insurgency and conflict / / by Eamonn T. Gardiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-282-48128-2

9786612481284

1-4438-1573-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Disciplina

941.50821

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Ireland History 1910-1921

Ireland Politics and government 1910-1921

Ireland Foreign relations Great Britain

Great Britain Foreign relations Ireland

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 (p. [65]-69).

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B

Sommario/riassunto

The Irish War of Independence is still regarded as a conflict that is both enigmatic and emotive in content; it transformed the British imperial dream into a nightmare and was to shape the foreign and domestic agendas of two countries for nearly a century. This book seeks to examine the reasons and ask the hard questions to determine why the British state was unable to pour oil on troubled Irish waters and put Home Rule to bed and how that inability was left to fester. It examines in detai...