Revolution in Ireland: Popular Militancy 1917 to 1923 [Hardcover]

This book provides a great deal of detail on working-class militancy between 1917 and 1923. It stresses the large scale and considerable impact of mass action and labor activism, challenging traditional interpretations that focus almost exclusively on the role of armed groups. There is a full account of the strikes, factory occupations and land seizures that shook Irish society. It details popular involvement in the struggles of those years, paying particular attention to the socialist and trade union movement.

This revised edition consists of a comprehensive rewrite that updates the work in the light of recent publications and the release of new archive materials. In particular, this new edition includes new eyewitness accounts from the archives of the Bureau of Military History including the testimony of notable trade union activists, an extension of the account of the mutiny of the Connaught Rangers (28 June 1920), and extra information on Michael Collins??? intelligence system.Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1) Prelude to Revolution: 1913-1917
2) 1917-1918: The Growing Discontent
3) Revolution and Sectarianism
4) The Limerick Soviet
5) Repression and Resistance
6) Workers in the War of Independence
7) Labour, Nationalism and Unionism
8) From Truce to treaty
9) Syndicalism and Civil War
Conclusion
Notes and References
Bibliography
Index This brave and original book, which uncovers with meticulous skill a whole suppressed history, challenges the assumptions of orthodox nationalist and liberal revisionist alike. Written with the polemical verve of a committed socialist, this book contains a great deal of detail on working-class militancy between 1917 and 1923 that won't be found elsewhere. An important contribution to Irish historiography, it stresses the extent and impact of masl=