The Irish Defence Forces since 1922

Informationen zum Autor Donal MacCarron Klappentext Born in the Civil War of 1922-23, the army of the Republic of Ireland occupied a sensitive place in the national culture for many years. In World War II (1939-1945), it faced the challenge of maintaining Ireland's integrity as neutral. Post-war, it found a new role in 1960, providing troops for the United Nations intervention in the war-torn Congo; and since then has supported UN missions in the Middle East and elsewhere. More recently the border with troubled Ulster has obliged the Republic to invest in reform and modernisation. Ireland's freedom to seek examples and equipment worldwide has created an interesting progression of uniforms, illustrated in this study of Ireland's forces over 80 years. Zusammenfassung The Irish Defence Forces were born of the bloody aftermath of the 1921 treaty establishing the Irish Free State, and the Irish National Army's first engagement was to fight other Irishmen, some of them former Volunteer colleagues, in a bitter civil war. After this, the Forces were reorganised and developed into a regular, peacetime army. Inhaltsverzeichnis Formation of Free State national army · Civil War 1922-23 · The diminished force of the 1930s · The political background to the volunteer Territorial Force · The Treaty Ports & Forts handed back in 1938 · World War II: the difficulties of neutrality - the Emergency Army & Local Defence Force - the eight invasion scares · Post-war reorganisation · Peace-keeping missions · Border security & counter-terrorism since 1968 · The controversial EU commitment

Product details

• Authors: Donal MacCarron, Donald Maccarron
• Assisted by: Bill Younghusband (Illustration), William Younghusband (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2004
• EAN: 9781841767420
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-742-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Men-at-Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Reference, Ireland, Warfare & defence