Green against green : the Irish Civil War / Michael Hopkinson.
By: Hopkinson, Michael
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BookPublisher: Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 2004Description: xvi, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0717137600; 9780717137602.Other title: Irish Civil War [Parallel title].Subject(s): History | European history | General & world history | History | Colonialism & imperialism | National liberation & independence, post-colonialism | Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions | Nationalism | Political leaders & leadership | Political parties | Revolutionary groups & movements | Ireland | Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 | Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949 | Ireland Political events, 1921-1949DDC classification: 941.50822 HOP Summary: Fearless, detailed and as neutral and even-handed as any work on such a controversial subject could hope to be, Michael Hopkinson's 'Green Against Green' provides a definitive history of the Irish Civil War.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 941.50822 HOP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 07/10/2025 | 38888000581276 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It will be indispensable reading for those who wish to understand the bloody birth of independent Ireland." Michael Laffan, Irish Historical Studies
"Michael Hopkinson has finally broken the taboo on research into this crucial event in Irish political history and has given us the first full-length, archive-based history of the Irish Civil War." Tom Garvin, Irish Literary Supplement
"Dr Hopkinson's outstanding achievement is that he is always concise and yet has produced much the most comprehensive and valuable account of the civil war ever published." Ronan Fanning, New Nation
"A model of objectivity and detailed knowledge." James Healy, Studies.
"Thoroughly researched and well-written it is a dispassionate account of the most passionate of times." T Ryle Dwyer, Irish Times
Originally published: 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-322) and index.
Fearless, detailed and as neutral and even-handed as any work on such a controversial subject could hope to be, Michael Hopkinson's 'Green Against Green' provides a definitive history of the Irish Civil War.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Dr Michael Hopkinson was a reader in history at Stirling University, Scotland. One of the world's leading authorities on the Irish revolutionary period, he is the author of Green Against Green and The Irish War of Independence .