Combatants and Civilians in Revolutionary Ireland, 1918-1923 Earls FitzGerald Thomas Historian of Modern Ireland
Combatants and Civilians in Revolutionary Ireland, 1918-1923 Earls FitzGerald Thomas Historian of Modern Ireland This book is based on original research into intimidation and violence directed at…
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Combatants and Civilians in Revolutionary Ireland, 1918-1923 Earls FitzGerald Thomas Historian of Modern Ireland
This book is based on original research into intimidation and violence directed at civilians by combatants during the revolutionary period in Ireland, considering this from the perspectives of the British, the Free State and the IRA.The book combines qualitative and quantitative approaches, and focusses on County Kerry, which saw high levels of violence. Despite the limited threat posed by the IRA, the British forces engaged in unprecedented and unprovoked violence against civilians. It demonstrates that violence and intimidation against civilians was more common than clashes between combatants and that the upsurge in violence in 1920 was a result of the deployment of the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries, particularly in the autumn and winter of that year.
The book shows how the British had This study stresses the increasing brutality of the subsequent violence by both sides.