MICHAEL RYAN Mercier Press €17.99 ISBN 9781781175187 Reviewed by Fergus Whelan Much has been written about the IRA in the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Historians, journalists […]
Read More →SHANE NAGLE Bloomsbury £91.80 ISBN 9781474263764 Reviewed by Angus Mitchell In 1954 the Cambridge historian Herbert Butterfield inaugurated the Wiles lecture series at Queen’s University, Belfast. In his opening address, […]
Read More →THEO FARRELL Bodley Head £25 ISBN 9781847923462 Reviewed by Lar Joye A story is told of a British Army regimental commander in the early 2000s meeting a group of Afghan […]
Read More →PAUL O’BRIEN Collins Press €19.99 ISBN 9781848893061 Reviewed by Eamonn T. Gardiner Although painting a vivid picture for readers,Paul O’Brien’s latest offering falls short of thepromised ‘balanced examination’ promised. With […]
Read More →MATTHEW STOUT Wordwell Books €35 ISBN 9781999790905 Reviewed by Pat Wallace So much progress has been made on so many levels by so many specialists over the past half-century that […]
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