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British Ships in the Confederate Navy
Häftad, 2010
502 kr
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During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander …
Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921
Häftad, 2011
502 kr
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Tracing the development of the Irish Republican Army following Ireland's Declaration of Independence, this book focuses on the recruitment, training, and arming of Ireland's military volunteers and the Army's subsequent guerrilla campaign against British rule. Beginning with a brief account of the …
Irish-American Dynamite Campaign
A History, 1881-1896
Häftad, 2012
619 kr
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In the 1880s, Clan-na-Gael, an extremist Irish-American organization that succeeded the Fenian Brotherhood, initiated a dynamite campaign against Britain in a bid to bring about Irish independence. Throughout England, explosions rocked government, military and police targets, including the Tower of …
Guerrilla War in the Easter Rising
Inbunden, 2023
225 kr
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On Easter Monday 1916, Irish rebels seized a number of strategic buildings in Dublin, including the General Post Office on O’Connell Street, and declared an Irish Republic. Within a week they had been bombarded into surrender. Out in the countryside, amidst chaos and confusion over counter orders, …
IRA Bombing Campaign Against Britain, 1939-1940
Häftad, 2016
491 kr
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This detailed account of the Irish Republican Army's bombing campaign against Britain during 1939-1940 describes how initial attacks on economic targets turned into a series of terror bombings causing the deaths of seven innocent people. Though two IRA members were hanged, the real men responsible, …
Voices from the Easter Rising
Firsthand Accounts of Ireland's 1916 Rebellion
Häftad, 2017
606 kr
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This work records a week in Dublin during April 1916 when in a forlorn hope 2,000 Irish Volunteers rose up in armed rebellion against the British Empire in a bid to establish an independent Irish state. The Rising is recalled in the words of those who took part. It traces the establishment of the …
British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War
Häftad, 2019
619 kr
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Perhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, the Union naval blockade--covering all major Southern ports along 3,500 miles of coastline for the duration of the war--brought down the Confederacy. The daring exploits of Confederate blockade runners are well known--but many of them were …
Women in the Struggle for Irish Independence
Häftad, 2019
384 kr
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Women have too often been written out of history. This is especially true in the fight for Irish independence. The women's struggle was three-fold, beginning with the suffragettes' fight to win the vote. Then came the push for fair pay and working conditions. Binding them together became part of …
Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960
Häftad, 2021
537 kr
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Tracing the history and development of gun-making in Birmingham, England--for many years a center of the world's firearms industry--this book covers innovations in design and manufacture of both military and sporting arms from 1660 through 1960. The city is perhaps best known for mass-producing …
Fight for Dublin, 1919-1921
Urban Warfare in the Irish Struggle for Independence
Häftad, 2021
384 kr
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In Dublin, the War of Irish Independence (1919-1921) was an intense and dirty battle between military intelligence agents. While IRA flying columns fought the British Army and the Black and Tans in the countryside, the fighting in Ireland's capital city pitted the wits of IRA commander Michael …
