The Irish Against the War: Postcolonial Identity & Political Activism in Contemporary Ireland

by Marie-Violaine Louvet

The purpose of the book is to explore and explicate the origins, evolution and mobilisation of anti-war activism in Ireland from the 1950s. The author applies postcolonial critical perspectives alongside social movement theory to define the multifaceted Irish approach to different international conflicts from the creation of the Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1958) to the current war in Ukraine. Meticulously researched, the chapters develop...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800799985
• ISBN13: 9781800799981
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"