Ireland, History, Civil War, 1922-1923, Easter Rising, 1910-1921, Revolution 

The Irish Revolution at the beginning of the twentieth century spawned the creation of the modern Irish state. This is the first full length analysis to offer a comprehensive framework of that revolution in its totality, taking into account the broad range of social, economic and political developments as well as the IRA's campaign of guerrilla warfare and the British response to it. Drawing on such previously unpublished sources as the Irish Department of Defense's Military History Bureau, the author paints a broad picture of the people and the key events in the Irish struggle for independence. The book also breaks new ground in presenting much of the behind the scenes debate within the British Government in the prosecution of its policies in response to the revolt in Ireland. British official frustration provoked by the acceptance of Dáil Eireann by the majority of the Irish people and the independent institutions it sought to set in place is also explicitly chronicled. New light is shed on the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations as well as on the divisions within Irish nationalism before and indeed afterwards which culminated in the Irish Civil War. The role of external forces including public opinion in the United States and British competing obligations at home and abroad are also covered. Considerable attention is given to the development of democratic government in the fledgling Irish Free State in the midst of domestic upheaval, and to the broader effort at nation building which followed after the Civil War.  

Content:
1. Storm Builds within the Calm: the Prelude to Revolt -- 2. War by Any Other Name -- 3. Britain's Dual Policy: Politics with Coercion -- 4. Stalemate -- 5. Irish Revolution, Labour and the Social Order -- 6. Republican Courts and the Breakdown of British Rule -- 7. Search for a Negotiated Settlement -- 8. Anglo-Irish Truce -- 9. Anglo-Irish Treaty -- 10. Bitter Harvest -- 11. Epilogue: Ireland's Evolution -- App. Chronology, Treaties, Agreements, Joint Declarations and Legislative Acts of the British Parliament and Dail Eireann related to Anglo-Irish Relations from 1920 to date. 

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
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