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British Ships in the Confederate Navy
E-bok, 2010
382 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
E-bok, 2014
370 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 …
Irish-American Dynamite Campaign
A History, 1881-1896
E-bok, 2014
441 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 …
IRA Bombing Campaign Against Britain, 1939-1940
E-bok, 2016
382 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 …
Voices from the Easter Rising
Firsthand Accounts of Ireland''s 1916 Rebellion
E-bok, 2017
428 kr
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For a week in April 1916, 2,000 Irish Volunteers rose up in armed rebellion against the British Empire in a bid to establish an independent Irish state. Tracing the establishment of the various organizations involved, this account of the Easter Rising provides a day to day narrative by those who …
British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War
E-bok, 2019
431 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
E-bok, 2019
285 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
E-bok, 2021
411 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
E-bok, 2021
285 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 …
