Kelly Darren
Kelly Darren - Killing At Its Very Extreme Dublin: October 1917 - November 1920 - Paperback
Kelly Darren - Killing At Its Very Extreme Dublin: October 1917 - November 1920 - Paperback
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Description: Killing at its Very Extreme takes the reader to theheart of Dublin from October 1917 to November 1920, effectively the firstphase of Dublin's War of Independence. It details pivotal aspects at theoutset then the ramping up of the intelligence war the upsurge in raids andassassinations. Vividly depicting mass hunger - strikes general strikes prisonescapes and ruthless executions by the full - time IR a Squad amid curfews andthe functioning of an audacious alternative government. Intensity builds asthe reader is embedded into Commandant Dick Mc Kee's Dublin Brigade to witnessrelentless actions and ambushes. The authors unprecedented access lays bare many myths about keyplayers from both sides. The tempo escalates with deployment of the notorious Black and Tans and Auxiliaries as well as a host of cunning political andpropaganda ploys. Desperate plights and horrific reprisals are portrayed theeffects of mass sectarian pogroms and killings. Tthe sacking of Balbriggan thekilling of Se n Treacy the death of Terence Mac Swiney and the capture andexecution of teenager Kevin Barry. As in the authors previous works the pulsating tension elation fear desperation hunger the mercy and the enmity leap from thepages. The harrowing circumstances suffered by those whose sacrifices laid thebedrock for modern Ireland and whose own words form the book's primarysources are recounted in unflinching detail.
Title: Killing At Its Very Extreme Dublin: October 1917 - November 1920
Author(s): Kelly Darren
Publisher: The Mercier Press
Barcode: 9781781177549
Pages: 374 Pages, Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/4/2020
Category: European History
Description: Killing at its Very Extreme takes the reader to theheart of Dublin from October 1917 to November 1920, effectively the firstphase of Dublin's War of Independence. It details pivotal aspects at theoutset then the ramping up of the intelligence war the upsurge in raids andassassinations. Vividly depicting mass hunger - strikes general strikes prisonescapes and ruthless executions by the full - time IR a Squad amid curfews andthe functioning of an audacious alternative government. Intensity builds asthe reader is embedded into Commandant Dick Mc Kee's Dublin Brigade to witnessrelentless actions and ambushes. The authors unprecedented access lays bare many myths about keyplayers from both sides. The tempo escalates with deployment of the notorious Black and Tans and Auxiliaries as well as a host of cunning political andpropaganda ploys. Desperate plights and horrific reprisals are portrayed theeffects of mass sectarian pogroms and killings. Tthe sacking of Balbriggan thekilling of Se n Treacy the death of Terence Mac Swiney and the capture andexecution of teenager Kevin Barry. As in the authors previous works the pulsating tension elation fear desperation hunger the mercy and the enmity leap from thepages. The harrowing circumstances suffered by those whose sacrifices laid thebedrock for modern Ireland and whose own words form the book's primarysources are recounted in unflinching detail.
Title: Killing At Its Very Extreme Dublin: October 1917 - November 1920
Author(s): Kelly Darren
Publisher: The Mercier Press
Barcode: 9781781177549
Pages: 374 Pages, Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/4/2020
Category: European History
