Dividing Ireland: World War One and Partition

ISBN-13: 9780415174206 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 304 str.

Thomas Hennessey

Opis

This text provides an assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences - a way to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation at the end of the 20th-century. Thomas Hennessey explores how the War transformed the nature of the Irish and Ulster questions from devolved self-government within the UK to a free Irish republic outside the British Empire, considering such influential figures as de Valera and Michael Collins, and issues such as conscription. He examines both this process of re-evaluation, and the question of the consequences for Northern Ireland today.

Recenzje

'....an intriguing and well-written book, one which historians and students alike can enjoy.' - Ben Novick, History

Spis treści

Introduction: The Crown and national identity in the United Kingdom and British Empire 1 National identity, Home Rule and the Ulster question 2 Ireland in 1914 41 3 The Great War and national identity, 1914–16 4 The Easter Rising and aftermath 5 Loyalty and the Crown: Nationalist divisions and Unionist-Nationalist rapprochement, 1916–18 6 The Irish Convention and the conscription crisis, 1917–18

O autorze

Thomas Hennessey is Lecturer in History at Canterbury Christ Church College.