The IRA in Britain, 1919-1923: 'In the Heart of Enemy Lines'

by Gerard Noonan

Book Overview

Between 1919 and 1923, Ireland was engulfed by violence as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla campaign against the British state and later fellow Irishmen and women in pursuit of an Irish Republic. Police barracks and government offices were attacked and burned, soldiers and policemen were killed and the economic and social life of the country was dislocated.

Britain itself was a theatre in the war too. 'In the heart of enemy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786940132
• ISBN13: 9781786940131
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"