1916 as History: The Myth of the Blood Sacrifice
Ireland's neo-unionist "revisionist" historians represent the 1916 Easter Rising as a suicidal blood-sacrifice by a handful of men without mass...
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Ireland's neo-unionist "revisionist" historians represent the 1916 Easter Rising as a suicidal blood-sacrifice by a handful of men without mass public support which converted the Irish people to the national independence movement.
In this brilliant plea to separate real history from politically motivated myth-making C. Desmond Greaves, one of Ireland's leading historians, describes the social and political background of the Easter Rising, shows why it took place when it did, that it was militarily sound if politically premature and that it had wide popular support.
This work, first delivered as a lecture on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, was edited by Anthony Coughlan, Senior Lecturer in Social Administration and Policy at Trinity College Dublin, and includes notes on recent references that confirm the author's judgements.
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- ISBN13:9781872993058
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