Dublin's great wars : the First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution

Dublin's great wars : the First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution / Richard S. Grayson.

"This book offers a new military history of the city and county of Dublin in the era of the First World War and the Irish Revolution, setting the narratives of British soldiers and Irish republicans alongside each other. Much of the writing of Dublin's history between the start of the Home...

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Main Author: Grayson, Richard S., 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Ireland > Dublin.
Soldiers > Ireland > Dublin > History > 20th century.
Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Dublin (Ireland) > History, Military > 20th century.
History.
Military history.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prelude : Dublin and Conflict, 1899-1914
  • Dublin Goes to War
  • Outbreak, 1914
  • Stalemate, 1915
  • Gallipoli : Helles
  • Gallipoli : Suvla Bay
  • Preparations
  • Rising
  • Falling
  • Consequences
  • The Other 1916
  • Success on the Somme
  • Snow and Sand
  • Attrition : 1916-17
  • Learning
  • Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
  • War of Independence
  • Crossovers
  • Civil War
  • Peace
  • Commemoration
  • Conclusion : Three Men
  • Appendix 1. Population
  • Appendix 2. Military Service
  • Appendix 3. Physical
  • Appendix 4. Occupation
  • Appendix 5. Recruitment
  • Appendix 6. Red Cross Service
  • Appendix 7. Death
  • Appendix 8. Sources.

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