Episode 18 - The Ireland Interlude, Part II

With the Irish War for Independence escalating into a problem that could no longer be played down by the UK, the violence started to get out of control. But so soon after WWI the British were not inclined to commit to a full occupation of the island, and would start looking for an exit from one of their oldest imperial possessions. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Hopkinson, Michael The Irish War of Independence Gill & Macmillan, 2014
2. Taylor, AJP The Oxford History of England, Vol 15 Oxford University Press, 1978
3. Moway, Charles Loch Britain Between the Wars Methuen & Co, 1972
4. Hattersley, Roy Borrowed Time Little, Brown, 2007

 

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