Belfast Boys - How Unionists Nationalists Fought Died Together in First World War

Zusatztext 'Willingness to find common ground and move forward through remembrance has clearly played a role in the imperfect but essentially stable peace process. By writing an accessible and even-handed account of the wartime experience of the men of West Belfast, Richard Grayson has made a small but valuable contribution to that process.' - History Ireland Informationen zum Autor Richard S. Grayson is Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. His previous publications include books on interwar British political history and contemporary British politics, along with other work on Ireland and the First World War. He was co-editor of Irish Political Studies in 2010-12 and co-edits www.irelandww1.org. His great-uncle, from Lurgan, Co Armagh, served and died (in September 1915) on the Western Front in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. Vorwort The compelling story of West Belfast's involvement in fighting on the Western Front throughout the First World War. Zusammenfassung Presents the story of West Belfast's involvement fighting on the Western Front in the WW II. This book tells the story of the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions who fought on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines. It brings in Belfast men from throughout the armed forces, from the retreat at Mons to the defeat of Germany and life post-war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Civil War? \ 2. Volunteers and Reserves \ 3. The British Expeditionary Force, 1914-15 \ 4. The Nature of War \ 5. Gallipoli and the Eastern Front \ 6. Arrivals and Executions \ 7. The Ulster Division on the Somme \ 8. The Other Somme \ 9. On and On \ 10. Messines \ 11. Mud \ 12. Retreat \ 13. Victory \ 14. Peace and Partition \ 15. Remembrance \ 16. Appendix: Methods and Patterns of ‘Military History from the Street'

Product details

• Authors: Richard S Grayson, Richard S. Grayson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2009
• EAN: 9781847250087
• ISBN: 978-1-84725-008-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Nordirland, Europäische Geschichte, 1910 bis 1919 n. Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, Krieg und militärische Operationen, Moderne Kriegsführung, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Northern Ireland, British & Irish history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I