A nation and not a rabble
Subtitle: the Irish Revolution 1913-1923
By: Diarmaid Ferriter
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9781781250419
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Autonomy and independence movements; Unabhängigkeitsbewegung; Irischer Bürgerkrieg; Historia
Description: "Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Fein, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War. Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, A Nation and not a Rabble explores these revolutions. Diarmaid Ferriter highlights the gulf between rhetoric and reality in politics and violence, the role of women, the battle for material survival, the impact of key Irish unionist and republican leaders, as well as conflicts over health, land, religion, law and order, and welfare"-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-478) and index.
Table of contents: title: In search of the rabble; title: Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-23; title: Legacy and commemoration.