Commemorating the Irish Civil War

by Anne Dolan

Book Overview

After civil war, can the winners commemorate their victory, hailing their conquering heroes with the blood of their former comrades still fresh on their boots? Or should they cover themselves in shame and hope that the nation soon forgets? In this book, Anne Dolan explores the tensions between memory and forgetting in twentieth-century Ireland. By examining the memory of winning the Irish Civil War, she discusses the extent to which it has been used...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521819040
• ISBN13: 9780521819046
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"