The Irish Defence Forces since 1922
Published on 29. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-1-84176-742-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Irish Defence Forces were born of the bloody aftermath of the 1921 treaty establishing the Irish Free State, and the Irish National Army's first engagement was to fight other Irishmen, some of them former Volunteer colleagues, in a bitter civil war. After this, the Forces were reorganised and developed into a regular, peacetime army. The Forces have been mobilised for the defence of Ireland during World War II, for internal security; and since 1955 Irish soldiers have served on UN operations across the world. In this book, Donal MacCarron, who served in the Irish Army during World War II, surveys the uniform and history of the Irish Army, Air Corps and Naval Service.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
36 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84176-742-0 (9781841767420)
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Donal MacCarron
The Irish Defence Forces since 1922
E-Book
02/2012
1st Edition
Osprey Publishing
€12.49
Available for download
Donal MacCarron
The Irish Defence Forces since 1922
E-Book
02/2012
1st Edition
Osprey Publishing
€12.49
Available for download
Persons
Donal MacCarron is an established military and aviation historian. Educated at CBS, he studied civil engineering and architecture at University College, Dublin. He has had a number of books and articles published, including 'Wings over Ireland: the Story of the Irish Air Corps', and 'Step Together, the story of Ireland's Emergency Army'. This is his first book for Osprey. Bill Younghusband was born in 1936. He has been interested in all things military since childhood, an interest compounded through the reading of authors such as G. A. Henty. Bill is a respected military illustrator of many years' experience, and has illustrated numerous Osprey books on 18th and 19th-century subjects. He is married, and lives in Ireland.
Content
Formation of Free State national army; Civil War 1922-23; The diminished force of the 1930s; The political background to the volunteer Territorial Force; The Treaty Ports & Forts handed back in 1938; World War II: the difficulties of neutrality - the Emergency Army & Local Defence Force - the eight invasion scares; Post-war reorganisation; Peace-keeping missions; Border security & counter-terrorism since 1968; The controversial EU commitment