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Revolution in Ireland - Popular Militancy 1917 to 1923 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Revolution in Ireland - Popular Militancy 1917 to 1923 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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The years from the Easter Rising in 1916 to the ending of the Civil
War in 1923 were years full of drama and of fast-changing events,
whose outcome shaped Irish society for generations. The
conventional narrative of this period is one that focuses on the
efforts of the nationalist politicians of various hues and the
military activities of the IRA in their struggle to escape the
British Empire. But these were also years of extraordinary popular
initiatives, directed against both the British administration of
the Ireland and indigenous employers. Over a hundred 'soviets' were
proclaimed in the period. This book studies the militancy of
working people throughout urban and rural Ireland during these
revolutionary years. It examines how this popular militancy
impacted on the struggle for independence: how it shaped the policy
of the British authorities; how leaders of the national movement,
such as de Valera and Collins, were affected by the popular
struggle; and how the ebbs and flows of the popular movement were
closely intertwined with the issue of partition. This book provides
a great deal of detail on working-class militancy between 1917 and
1923. It stresses the large scale and considerable impact of mass
action and labor activism, challenging traditional interpretations
that focus almost exclusively on the role of armed groups. There is
a full account of the strikes, factory occupations and land
seizures that shook Irish society. It details popular involvement
in the struggles of those years, paying particular attention to the
socialist and trade union movement. This revised edition consists
of a comprehensive rewrite that updates the work in the light of
recent publications and the release of new archive materials. In
particular, this new edition includes new eyewitness accounts from
the archives of the Bureau of Military History including the
testimony of notable trade union activists, an extension of the
account of the mutiny of the Connaught Rangers (28 June 1920), and
extra information on Michael Collins' intelligence system.
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