Irish Military Elites, Nation and Empire, 1870-1925 Identity and Authority /

• Main Author: Sweeney, Loughlin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Imperialism.; Military history.; World politics.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; History of Military.; Political History.

"Dr Sweeney's important book brings to life the experience of the Irish officer class at a time of building revolutionary ferment. It is an astute and original study that sits at the boundaries of so many fields, from the national question to matters of gender and class." -John Bew, W...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Defining an Irish military elite
• 3 'One ought to do what one can for people in his circ.': Patronage and affinity among Irish military elites
• 4 Ireland's imperial moment: Wolseley and Roberts in command
• 5 Aid to the civil power: The military establishment, the Land War, and the Home Rule crisis, 1882-1914
• 6 Status quo ante bellum: The Irish military establishment in 1914
• 7 Irish officers in the Great War
• 8 The Irish military elite and the War of Independence 1918-1922
• 9 Barriers Broken: Partition, the Free State, and Empire,1922-25
• 10 Conclusion.