Between two hells : the Irish Civil War / Diarmaid Ferriter.
By: Ferriter, Diarmaid [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: 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 Drawing on many previously unpublished sources and newly released archival material, one of Ireland's most renowned historians lays bare the course and impact of the war and how this tragedy shaped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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 941.50822 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00232156 |
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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 Drawing on many previously unpublished sources and newly released archival material, one of Ireland's most renowned historians lays bare the course and impact of the war and how this tragedy shaped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.