The Irish Civil War 1922-23 / Peter Cottrell.
By: Cottrell, Peter
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BookSeries: Essential histories (Osprey Publishing): 70.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Osprey Pub., 2008Edition: New ed.Description: 95 p. : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781846032707; 1846032709.Subject(s): History | Ireland | Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 | European history | History | Military history | Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949DDC classification: 941.5082 COT Summary: Peter Cottrell explores the Irish Civil War, a devastating conflict that tore Ireland apart. This book examines the many factions that played a part in the fighting and the terror and counter-terror operations, focusing on the short battles that witnessed more deaths than the preceding years during the struggle for the Free State.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In a sequel to his successful best-selling ESS 65 The Anglo-Irish War, Peter Cottrell explores the devastating conflict that tore Ireland apart, shortly after 'peace' had been declared. He focuses on the short but bloody battles that witnessed more deaths than the preceding years of the War of Independence. Examining the many factions that played a part in the fighting, and more often in the terror and counter-terror operations, Cottrell highlights the contrasting styles of leadership and the conduct of combat operations by the IRA and the National Army. He uses detailed tactical maps to explain the tactics that ranged from urban warfare and street-fighting to the final siege of Limerick city. A bitter sequence of attack and reprisal, the Irish Civil War was a complex social and political battle to change the nature of government and politics in Ireland. This book primarily discusses the military operations, but also places these in the wider context of the personalities involved, including Liam Lynch and Michael Collins. It also assesses the impact of the war on civilian life, and its influence on the politics of Ireland at national and international levels thereafter. This is not only the story of one country, but also of the relationships between Ireland and Britain, and Ireland and America, which have had a profound impact on modern politics for decades.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [92]-93) and index.
Peter Cottrell explores the Irish Civil War, a devastating conflict that tore Ireland apart. This book examines the many factions that played a part in the fighting and the terror and counter-terror operations, focusing on the short battles that witnessed more deaths than the preceding years during the struggle for the Free State.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 7)
- Chronology (p. 12)
- Background to war: The Anglo-Irish War (p. 15)
- Warring sides: The combatants (p. 20)
- Outbreak: The Anglo-Irish peace and the Republicans (p. 27)
- The fighting: Conflict in Dublin and the provinces (p. 35)
- Portrait of a soldier: Major-General James Emmet Dalton MC 1898-1978 (p. 60)
- The world around war: The wider impact of the Irish Civil War (p. 64)
- Portrait of a civilian: Robert Erskine Childers DSO TD 1870-1922 (p. 75)
- How the war ended: Tentative de-escalation (p. 79)
- Conclusion and consequences: A republic divided (p. 83)
- Glossary and abbreviations (p. 90)
- Further reading (p. 92)
- Index (p. 94)