Defending Ireland: The Irish State and Its Enemies Since 1922

ISBN-13: 9780199242696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 400 str.

Eunan O'Halpin

Opis

The first study to investigate the interlinked problems of domestic security and national defense in Ireland, this book describes the development of the Irish army and police since 1922.

Recenzje

Professor O'Halpin has threaded his way with care and perception through the intricacies of history, examining the ways in which the democratic processes of the State were threatened, and demonstrating how those threats were faced and eventually overcome. Not only is the story well told, but the fact that it has been told is of inestimable value, because in some instances the reality is so different from the myths that have grown up around the events