IRISH OFFICERS IN THE BRITISH FORCES, 1922-45 By Steven O'connor - Hardcover NEW

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ISBN-10
1137350857
Book Title
Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45
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9781137350855
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-10
1137350857
ISBN-13
9781137350855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177481049

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xv, 249 Pages
Publication Name
Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Military / World War II, Military / General, International Relations / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Steven O'connor
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
154.7 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
355.3310899162041
Table Of Content
1. Who Became an Officer? 2. 'I was born into an Army family': Irish Officers and the Family Tradition 3. 'A great training school for the army': Irish Officers and the School Influence 4. 'We were an unwanted surplus': Irish Medical Emigration and the British Forces 5. 'We were all Paddys': The Irish Experience of the British Forces 6. 'The irreconcilable attitude is apparently confined to the purely political sphere': Responses in Independent Ireland to an Irish Military Tradition
Synopsis
Irish Officers in the British forces, 1922-45 looks at the reasons why young Irish people took the king's commission, including the family tradition, the school influence and the employment motive. It explores their subsequent experiences in the forces and the responses in independent Ireland to the continuation of this British military connection., In the last decade there has been a plethora of books about Irish soldiers in the First World War, yet the fact that recruitment to the British forces continued into the interwar period and the Second World War has received comparatively little attention. Steven O'Connor's work addresses this gap by providing a much-needed assessment of officer recruitment to the British military after Irish independence. Based on archival research, oral testimony and a database of 1,000 officers it examines the reasons why young Irish people took the king's commission. It explores their subsequent experiences and identity in the forces, and places them within the wider context of Commonwealth recruitment to the British forces. Drawing on evidence from police reports, debates in town councils and local newspapers this volume also offers the first comprehensive account of reactions in independent Ireland to British recruitment and the shared military past.
LC Classification Number
DA1-995

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