Political Violence In Ireland: Government And Resistance Since 1848
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848 presents a sweeping and authoritative account of the cyclical struggle between state power and popular insurgency on the island of Ireland. Historian Charles Townshend chronicles the mechanisms by which successive British governments deployed coercion, law, and military force to suppress Irish dissent, while simultaneously detailing the evolution of republican and nationalist resistance movements — from the Fenians and the Land League to the IRA — that refused to be extinguished. Townshend argues with forensic precision that political violence in Ireland was never merely the product of fanaticism or tribal hatred, but a rational, if tragic, response to the collision of competing sovereignties and unresolved constitutional grievances. His analysis is grounded in rigorous archival research and presented with a clarity that makes this essential reading for scholars of modern Irish history, British imperial policy, and the broader study of state-building and insurgency. A landmark work in the field, it leaves the reader asking an uncomfortable question: in a conflict so deeply structured by history, where does resistance end and governance begin?
Author: Charles Townshend
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Clarendon Press Oxford
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848 presents a sweeping and authoritative account of the cyclical struggle between state power and popular insurgency on the island of Ireland. Historian Charles Townshend chronicles the mechanisms by which successive British governments deployed coercion, law, and military force to suppress Irish dissent, while simultaneously detailing the evolution of republican and nationalist resistance movements — from the Fenians and the Land League to the IRA — that refused to be extinguished. Townshend argues with forensic precision that political violence in Ireland was never merely the product of fanaticism or tribal hatred, but a rational, if tragic, response to the collision of competing sovereignties and unresolved constitutional grievances. His analysis is grounded in rigorous archival research and presented with a clarity that makes this essential reading for scholars of modern Irish history, British imperial policy, and the broader study of state-building and insurgency. A landmark work in the field, it leaves the reader asking an uncomfortable question: in a conflict so deeply structured by history, where does resistance end and governance begin?