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Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War : Britain's counterinsurgency failure /

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As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies and informers, wear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hittle, J. B. E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Collins, Michael, > 1890-1922 > Military leadership.
Irish Republican Army > History.
Great Britain. > Army > History > 20th century.
Collins, Michael, > 1890-1922.
Great Britain. > Army.
Irish Republican Army.
Collins, Michael.
Revolutionaries > Ireland > Biography.
Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Insurgency > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Counterinsurgency > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Counterinsurgency.
Insurgency.
Command of troops.
Revolutionaries.
Ireland.
Irland > Aufstand > 1920.
Aufstand.
Irland.
Irland > Aufstand (1920)
Revolutionärer > Irland > biografi.
Uppror > historia > Irland > 1900-talet.
Upprorsbekämpning > historia > Irland > 1900-talet.
Irland > historia > 1900-talet.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 England's Troubled Colony 1
  • 2 Colonial Security Policy 10
  • 3 The Irish Nationalist 33
  • 4 The Phoenix 47
  • 5 Revolution in Earnest 60
  • 6 In the Shadow of Gunmen 72
  • 7 Spies at the Window 91
  • 8 Unification by Force 113
  • 9 Within the Gates 141
  • 10 Endgame 185
  • 11 Conclusion 216.