Belfast Boys

How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War

AvRichard S. Grayson

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Beskrivning

This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War. Richard S. Grayson follows the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions who fought on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines, recovering the forgotten West Belfast men throughout the armed forces, from the retreat at Mons to the defeat of Germany and life post-war. In so doing, he tells a new story which challenges popular perceptions of the war and explains why remembrance remains so controversial in Belfast today.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-07-22
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441161611
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation

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Richard S. Grayson is Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

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In this book, Grayson takes a new tack in studying the First World War: instead of looking at the men in specific units, he began with a particular area and then looked to see where the men from that area fought. The result is this compelling story of the involvement of West Belfast's men fighting on the Western Front over the entire course of the war and of their lives post-war. This new story challenges popular perceptions of the war and explains why remembrance of the First World War remains so controversial in Belfast today.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Civil War?2. Volunteers and Reserves3. The British Expeditionary Force, 1914-154. The Nature of War5. Gallipoli and the Eastern Front6. Arrivals and Executions7. The Ulster Division on the Somme8. The Other Somme9. On and On10. Messines11. Mud12. Retreat13. Victory14. Peace and Partition15. Remembrance16. Appendix: Methods and Patterns of 'Military History from the Street'