Description
A radical new reading of Irish involvement in the world's first total war.
About the Author
Niamh Gallagher is a lecturer in modern British and Irish history and a fellow of St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Reviews
An important addition to the discourse covering the role of Irish society during the First World War. * Journal of British Studies *
This substantive book contributes to a deeper understanding of Irish involvement in the Great War. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *
This is a bold and indeed audacious intervention in the historiography of Irish Catholic involvement in British and Allied action during the Great War. Niamh Gallagher's sophisticated interpretation of the Home Front in towns across Ireland enables us to appreciate the ways in which individuals, families, businesses, civic and political leaders, and their supporters, understood Allied war aims and the reasons for contributing and remembering. Richly detailed and illustrated throughout, this is an unusually substantial contribution to the social and political history of Ireland and Irish communities abroad. * Royal Historical Society, 2020 Whitfield Prize winner *
Rich in social texture and with fascinating new case studies of Irish participation in the conflict, "Ireland and the Great War" has the makings of a major rethinking of Ireland's twentieth century ... A meticulously presented work of original scholarship, "Ireland and the Great War: A Social and Political History" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended contribution. * Midwest Book Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350246690
Author Niamh Gallagher
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 432g