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Service in Ireland during the Troubles' threw a shadow over more unlikely areas
of British life, such as film censorship, as noted in Chapter ... My own British Army
and Crisis of Empire was to a very large extent inspired by Gallagher's analysis.
Service in Ireland during the Troubles' threw a shadow over more unlikely areas
of British life, such as film censorship, as noted in Chapter ... My own British Army
and Crisis of Empire was to a very large extent inspired by Gallagher's analysis.
Page 94
It followed, therefore, that the best way of persuading him to enlist in the British
army was not to appeal to his patriotism but to 'his discontent, his deadly
boredom, his thwarted curiosity and desire for change and adventure'. 'To escape
from ...
It followed, therefore, that the best way of persuading him to enlist in the British
army was not to appeal to his patriotism but to 'his discontent, his deadly
boredom, his thwarted curiosity and desire for change and adventure'. 'To escape
from ...
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One member of the Dail, Frank MacDermott, who had served in the Irish Guards
during the war and who sat as an Independent, was anxious to place on the
record his view of the men's actions: 'They went into the British Army of their own
free ...
One member of the Dail, Frank MacDermott, who had served in the Irish Guards
during the war and who sat as an Independent, was anxious to place on the
record his view of the men's actions: 'They went into the British Army of their own
free ...
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Contents
Introduction Keith Jeffery page | 1 |
Ireland the Empire and film Jeffrey Richards | 25 |
Ireland sport and empire Alan Bairner | 57 |
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