Green against green: a history of the Irish Civil War

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It will be indispensable reading for those who wish to understand the bloody birth of independent Ireland." Michael Laffan, Irish Historical Studies Michael Hopkinson has finally broken the taboo on research into this crucial event in Irish political history and has given us the first full-length, archive-based history of the Irish Civil War." Tom Garvin, Irish Literary Supplement "Dr Hopkinson's outstanding achievement is that he is always concise and yet has produced much the most comprehensive and valuable account of the civil war ever published." Ronan Fanning, New Nation "A model of objectivity and detailed knowledge." James Healy, Studies. "Thoroughly researched and well-written it is a dispassionate account of the most passionate of times." T Ryle Dwyer, Irish Times Contents Preface List of Illustrations Part I. 1912-1921 1 The Background to the Treaty Divisions, 1912-1918 2 The Anglo-Irish War, January 1919-July 1921, and the Truce Period 3 The Treaty Negotiations 4 The Treaty Split 5 The Irish Question in the United States Part II. From the Treaty to the Attack On the Four Courts 6 The Political and Constitutional Background in Early 1922 7 The Military Split 8 De Valera and the Military and Political Developments 9 Military Developments after the Army Convention 10 The North, from Treaty to Attack on the Four Courts 11 Social and Governmental Problems 12 The Search for Unity 13 The Constitution 14 The June Election and the Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson Part III. The Opening of the War 15 The Attack on the Four Courts 16 The Dublin Fighting Part IV. The Early Civil War 17 The Military and Political Background to the Fighting 18 The War in the Localities: July-August 1922 19 The Opening of the Guerrilla Phase of the War 20 The Death of Collins 21 The Establishment of the Third Dâil 22 Peace Initiatives 23 The Formation of the Republican Government 24 The First Executions 25 The British Government and the Early Civil War 26 The Southern Unionists and the Civil War 27 The Civil War and the Railways 28 The War in the Localities: September 1922-January 1923 Part V. The War’s End 29 The Free State—Government and Army: January-April 1923 30 The Republicans and the Civil War: January-April 1923 31 The War in the Localities: January-April 1923 32 The North and the Civil War 33 Exile Nationalism: The United States and Britain in the Civil War 34 The Ceasefire Part VI. The Post-War Period 35 The Republicans 36 The Post-War Free State Government and Army 37 The Republican Hunger-Strike, October-November 1923 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index