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Irish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45 by Steven O'Connor (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-101137350857
ISBN-139781137350855
eBay Product ID (ePID)177481049
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXv, 249 Pages
Publication NameIrish Officers in the British Forces, 1922-45
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectMilitary / World War II, Military / General, International Relations / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorSteven O'connor
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight154.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal355.3310899162041
Table Of Content1. 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
SynopsisIrish 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 NumberDA1-995
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