Fighting Irish: The Irish Regiments in the First World War - Couverture souple

Gavin Hughes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785370227 ISBN 13 : 9781785370229

Editeur : Merrion Press, 2015

Synopsis

Fighting Irish is a chronological account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment from 1914-1918. It tackles the most pressing aspects of the war, from campaign strategy to the soldier s intimate war experiences, using engaging documentary evidence and poignant eyewitness accounts. It chronicles their humour and trials, their fighting reputation and the mundane drudgery of routine military life, balanced by an insatiable waste of life itself.

Every campaign theatre where Irish regiments served is examined the Western Front, the Dardanelles, Mesopotamia, Salonica and Palestine as is the increasing political instability in Ireland at the time; the story of these regiments is at all times compelling, with the reasons for enlistment as varied as the men themselves. Fighting Irish is a sympathetic assessment of all those who served with the Irish regiments from 1914-1918, from broadly diverse cultural and political backgrounds, and recounts their deeds through sound historical research within a gripping and poignant narrative.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gavin Hughes is currently a Research Associate with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College, Dublin. He is Director of the Irish Conflict Archaeology Network (CMRS, TCD), a committee member of the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group and a member of the Royal Archaeological Institute, the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, the Military Historical Society (London) and the Conflict Archaeology International Research Network (CAIRN).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Merrion Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785370227
• ISBN 13: 9781785370229
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible