Dividing Ireland: World War One and Partition

ISBN-13: 9780415198806 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 304 str.

Thomas Hennessey

Opis

This text aims to provide an assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences, arguing that this is the key to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation today. The author explores how the War transformed the nature of the Irish and Ulster and questions how Ireland arrived from devolved self-government within the UK to a free Irish republic outside the British Empire, considering such influential figures as 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.