Timothy Bowman

Carson's army

The Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910-22

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Produktbeschreibung

The first academic study of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary organisation, which was formed in 1913 by Ulster Unionists opposed to the Third Home Rule Bill. The Ulster Volunteer Force provided the basis of the 36th (Ulster) Division formed in 1914 and was reactivated in 1920 to counter the I.R.A. threat to the new Northern Ireland state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 457g
• ISBN-13: 9780719073717
• ISBN-10: 0719073715
• Artikelnr.: 22895030

Autorenporträt

Timothy Bowman is Lecturer in modern British military history at the University of Kent

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Map Introduction
Chapter 1: The Origins of Ulster Unionist militancy, 1885-1913 Chapter 2:
'An armed democracy'? The social composition and ideological basis of the
UVF Chapter 3: Command, control and military efficience Chapter 4: Parades
and propaganda: The public face of the UVF Chapter 5: Arms, equipment and
finance Chapter 6: War and decline, 1914-1919 Chapter 7: The revival and
demise of the UVF, 1920-22 Conclusion Bibliography