I.r.a. And Its Enemies - Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923

Zusatztext Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for 1998 Klappentext What is it like to be in the I.R.A. - or at their mercy? This fascinating study explores the lives and deaths of the enemies and victims of the County Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923 - the most powerful and deadly branch of the I.R.A. during one of the most turbulent periods in twentieth-century Ireland. These years saw the breakdown of the British legal system and police authority, the rise of republican violence, and the escalation of the conflict into a full-scale guerilla war, leading to a wave of riots, ambushes, lootings, and reprisal killings, with civilians forming the majority of victims in this unacknowledged civil war. Religion may have provided the starting point for the conflict, but class prejudice, patriotism, and personal grudges all fuelled the development and continuation of widespread violence. Using an unprecedented range of sources - many of them only recently made public - Peter Hart explores the motivation behind such activity. His conclusions not only reveal a hidden episode of Ireland's troubled past but provide valuable insights into the operation of similar terrorist groups today. Zusammenfassung Explored in this book are the lives, deaths, enemies, and victims of the most powerful guerrillas of twentieth-century Ireland: those of the Cork IRA between 1916 and 1923. Drawing on many sources, including numerous interviews, this book is a study of revolution, guerrilla war, and ethnic conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hart, Peter (Visiting Research Fellow Hart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198205371
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820537-1
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, Terrorism, armed struggle, British & Irish history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare