The I.R.A. and Its Enemies Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923

Zusatztext A superb, multi-layered history of the "intimate war" of this dark, iconic period in Cork ... a vivid deeply affecting book. Klappentext This book explores the lives! deaths! enemies! and victims of the most powerful guerrillas of twentieth-century Ireland: those of the Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923. Drawing on an unprecedented body of sources! including numerous interviews this is a uniquely intimate study of revolution! guerrilla war! and ethnic conflict. Zusammenfassung What is it like to be in the IRA - or at their mercy? This study explores the lives and deaths of the enemies and victims of the County Cork IRA between 1916 and 1923 - the most powerful and deadly branch of the IRA during one of the most turbulent periods in 20th-century Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: The Killing of Sergeant O'Donoghue Part I: Revolution, 1916-1923 2: The Kilmichael Ambush 3: Rebel Cork 4: Dying for Ireland 5: The Cork Republic Part II: Rebels 6: The Boys of Kilmichael 7: Volunteers 8: Youth and Rebellion Part III: The Path to Revolution 9: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Party 10: Volunteering 11: Guerrillas Part IV: Neighbours and Enemies 12: Taking it out on the Protestants 13: Spies and Informers Appendix: Sources and Definitions: I.R.A. Membership and Violence Bibliography Index

Klappentext
This book explores the lives, deaths, enemies, and victims of the most powerful guerrillas of twentieth-century Ireland: those of the Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923. Drawing on an unprecedented body of sources, including numerous interviews this is a uniquely intimate study of revolution, guerrilla war, and ethnic conflict.

Zusammenfassung
What is it like to be in the IRA - or at their mercy? This study explores the lives and deaths of the enemies and victims of the County Cork IRA between 1916 and 1923 - the most powerful and deadly branch of the IRA during one of the most turbulent periods in 20th-century Ireland.

Inhalt
1: Introduction: The Killing of Sergeant O'Donoghue
Part I: Revolution, 1916-1923
2: The Kilmichael Ambush
3: Rebel Cork
4: Dying for Ireland
5: The Cork Republic
Part II: Rebels
6: The Boys of Kilmichael
7: Volunteers
8: Youth and Rebellion
Part III: The Path to Revolution
9: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Party
10: Volunteering
11: Guerrillas
Part IV: Neighbours and Enemies
12: Taking it out on the Protestants
13: Spies and Informers
Appendix: Sources and Definitions: I.R.A. Membership and Violence
Bibliography
Index

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