Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War
Cambridge University Press, 4/21/2014
EAN 9781107036895, ISBN10: 1107036895
Hardcover, 240 pages, 23.5 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War presents an innovative study of violence perpetrated by and against non-combatants during the Irish Civil War, 1922–3. Drawing from victim accounts of wartime injury as recorded in compensation claims, Dr Gemma Clark sheds new light on hundreds of previously neglected episodes of violence and intimidation - ranging from arson, boycott and animal maiming to assault, murder and sexual violence - that transpired amongst soldiers, civilians and revolutionaries throughout the period of conflict. The author shows us how these micro-level acts, particularly in the counties of Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, served as an attempt to persecute and purge religious and political minorities, and to force redistribution of land. Clark also assesses the international significance of the war, comparing the cruel yet arguably restrained violence that occurred in Ireland with the brutality unleashed in other European conflict zones.
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The price of loyalty
violence, compensation and the British in the Irish Free State
3. The 'Campaign of Fire'
arson during the Irish Civil War
4. 'The right to live in my own country'
intimidation, expulsion and local-community conflict
5. Harming civilians
killing, wounding and sexual violence in Munster
6. Conclusion
Bibliography.