Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 297 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1 England's Troubled Colony 1 -- 2 Colonial Security Policy 10 -- 3 The Irish Nationalist 33 -- 4 The Phoenix 47 -- 5 Revolution in Earnest 60 -- 6 In the Shadow of Gunmen 72 -- 7 Spies at the Window 91 -- 8 Unification by Force 113 -- 9 Within the Gates 141 -- 10 Endgame 185 -- 11 Conclusion 216 |
Summary |
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies and informers, wear down British forces with a sustained guerrilla campaign, and force a political settlement that would lead to a free Irish Republic. This book reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Collins's revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. British miscalculations, overconfidence, and a failure to mount a sustained professional intelligence effort to neutralize the IRA contributed to Britain's defeat. The author takes a fresh approach to the subject, presenting it as a case study in intelligence management under conditions of a broader counterinsurgency campaign. The lessons learned from this disastrous episode have stark relevance for contemporary national security managers and warfighters currently engaged in the war on terrorism. --from book description, Amazon.com |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Collins, Michael, 1890-1922 -- Military leadership
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SUBJECT |
Collins, Michael, 1890-1922 -- Military leadership
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Collins, Michael, 1890-1922 fast |
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Collins, Michael 1890-1922 gnd |
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Collins, Michael. idszbz |
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Irish Republican Army -- History
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Great Britain. Army -- History -- 20th century
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Great Britain. Army fast |
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Irish Republican Army fast |
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Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography
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Insurgency -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Counterinsurgency -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland.
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Counterinsurgency
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Insurgency
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Command of troops
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Revolutionaries
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Aufstand.
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Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007186
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Ireland
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Irland.
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Irland -- Aufstand (1920)
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781612341286 |
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1612341284 |
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