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The Irish Defence Forces since 1922

By Bill Younghusband , Donal MacCarron

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2004
ISBN
9781841767420, 1-84176-742-5
Open Library ID
OL8922659M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21141931 bytes)
Series
Men At Arms 417
Pages
27\27
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Born in the Civil War of 1922â€"23, the army of the Republic of Ireland occupied a sensitive place in the national culture for many years. In World War II, it faced the challenge of maintaining Ireland’s integrity as a neutral. Post-war, it found a new role in 1960, providing troops for the United Nations intervention in the war-torn Congo; and since then has supported UN missions in the Middle East and elsewhere. More recently the border with troubled Ulster has obliged the Republic to invest in reform and modernisation. Ireland’s freedom to seek examples and equipment worldwide has created an interesting progression of uniforms, illustrated in this study of Ireland’s forces over 80 years.

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