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Heroes or Traitors?: Experiences of Southern Irish Soldiers Returning from the Great War 1919-1939

Heroes or Traitors?: Experiences of Southern Irish Soldiers Returning from the Great War 1919-1939

Taylor, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Reappraisals in Irish History, Book 5

General Military HistoryIrish HistoryWorld War I

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ISBN10: 1781381615
ISBN13: 9781781381618
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Apr 15 2015
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Covering the period from the Armistice to 1939, the book examines the experiences of Irish soldiers who had fought in the British army in the First World War on returning home to what became the Irish Free State. At the onset of the War, southern Irishmen volunteered in large numbers and marched off accompanied by cheering crowds and the promise of a hero's welcome home. In 1916, while its soldiers fought in the British army, Ireland witnessed an insurrection against British rule, the Easter Rising. Ireland's soldiers returned to a much-changed country, which no longer recognised their motives for fighting and which was at war with the country in whose army they had served.

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