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Between two hells : the Irish Civil War / Diarmaid Ferriter.

By: Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Profile Books 2022Description: 328 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788161756 (paperback).Subject(s): Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 | Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 941.50822 Summary: "In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Féin negotiators signed a compromise treaty with representatives of the British government to create the Irish Free State, Ireland collapsed into civil war. While the body count suggests it was far less devastating than other European civil wars, it had a harrowing impact on the country and cast a long shadow, socially, economically and politically, which included both public rows and recriminations and deep, often private traumas. Drawing on many previously unpublished sources and newly released archival material, one of Ireland's most renowned historians lays bare the course and impact of the war and how this tragedy shaped modern Ireland" - publisher's description.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The history and legacy of the war that shaped the Irish political landscape for decades, by Ireland's most prominent historian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Féin negotiators signed a compromise treaty with representatives of the British government to create the Irish Free State, Ireland collapsed into civil war. While the body count suggests it was far less devastating than other European civil wars, it had a harrowing impact on the country and cast a long shadow, socially, economically and politically, which included both public rows and recriminations and deep, often private traumas. Drawing on many previously unpublished sources and newly released archival material, one of Ireland's most renowned historians lays bare the course and impact of the war and how this tragedy shaped modern Ireland" - publisher's description.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. He is a columnist for the Irish Times and he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2019. His previous books include The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000, Occasions of Sin, Ambiguous Republic, On The Edge and the international bestseller The Border.

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