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Title Ground truths : British Army operations in the Irish War of Independence / edited with an introduction and commentary by W.H. Kautt
Published Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 268 pages) : maps
Contents Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Prologue; Maps; Editor's Introduction; Original Foreword; Original Introduction; Chapter I; The Situation in Ireland at the end of 1919 to April 1920; Chapter II; Policy and Leadership Changes, May to August 1920; Chapter III; A New 'Campaign' September 1920; Chapter IV; Introduction of Martial Law; Chapter V; Elections for Northern and Southern Parliaments, December 1920; Chapter VI; Opening of Northern Parliament, May 1921; Chapter VII; Cessation of Active Operations; Chapter VIII
The Agreement of 11 July 1921 and the 'Treaty'Appendix I; The Military Situation in Ireland at the End of September, 1921; Appendix II; Some Examples of Gallant actions for which Rewards have been Granted; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Notes on the Views Expressed by Military Authorities in Ireland in December, 1920, with Regard to the Partial or Universal Declaration of Marital Law in Ireland; Additional Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary In 1922, just after the end of the Irish War for Independence, the British Army's 'Irish Command' drafted an official four-volume historical record of their experiences and their understanding of the war in Ireland, titled The Record of the Rebellion in Ireland, 1919-1921 and the Part Played by the Army in Dealing with It. Ground Truths, an annotated collection, is based on the first of those four volumes and is edited to include material that was missed, was incorrect, or was deliberately changed by the original authors before final drafts had been concluded. Largely a defense of the percepti
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Great Britain. Army -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Great Britain. Army fast
Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Sources
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056842
Subject Great Britain
Ireland
Genre/Form History
Military history
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Kautt, William H. (William Henry), 1968- editor.
ISBN 9780716532187
0716532182