The I.R.A. and Its Enemies Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923 [Paperback]

This book explores the lives, deaths, enemies, and victims of the most powerful guerrillas of twentieth-century Ireland: those of the Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923. Drawing on an unprecedented body of sources, including numerous interviews this is a uniquely intimate study of revolution, guerrilla war, and ethnic conflict.

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1. Introduction: The Killing of Sergeant O'Donoghue
Part I: Revolution, 1916-1923
2. The Kilmichael Ambush
3. Rebel Cork
4. Dying for Ireland
5. The Cork Republic
Part II: Rebels
6. The Boys of Kilmichael
7. Volunteers
8. Youth and Rebellion
Part III: The Path to Revolution
9. The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Party
10. Volunteering
11. Guerrillas
Part IV: Neighbours and Enemies
12. Taking it out on the Protestants
13. Spies and Informers
Appendix: Sources and Definitions: I.R.A. Membership and Violence
Bibliography
Index

Irish historians have written extensively about the 'Troubles' of 1916-23, but few have done so as masterfully or with as much originality as Hart. Nor have many writers shows, with as much skill and thoroughness, what the conflict was really like for those who experienced it firsthand....An illuminating, often gripping account that students of modern history, politics, and sociology will find immensely useful....Highly recommended. --CHOICE

This book has performed a very valuable service and pioneered a new approach to the writing of the history between 1919 and 1921-The War of Independence...an eloquent but emotional description of the climate of fear in wartime Cork...pioneering research. --Journal of Modern History

[E]legant, vivid, and convincing. --American Historical Review