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Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45 (Hardcover, New)
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Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45 (Hardcover, New)
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In the last decade there has been a plethora of books about Irish
soldiers in the First World War, yet the fact that recruitment to
the British forces continued into the interwar period and the
Second World War has received comparatively little attention.
Steven O'Connor's work addresses this gap by providing a
much-needed assessment of officer recruitment to the British
military after Irish independence. Based on archival research, oral
testimony and a database of 1,000 officers it examines the reasons
why young Irish people took the king's commission. It explores
their subsequent experiences and identity in the forces, and places
them within the wider context of Commonwealth recruitment to the
British forces. Drawing on evidence from police reports, debates in
town councils and local newspapers this volume also offers the
first comprehensive account of reactions in independent Ireland to
British recruitment and the shared military past.
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