A coward if I return, a hero if I fall : stories of Irish soldiers in WWI / Neil Richardson.
Publication details: Dublin : O'Brien Press, 2010.Description: 368 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781847171313 (pbk.) :
- 1847171311 (pbk.) :
- 940.412415 22
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Loanable Book | Library | Irish Collection | 940.412415 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000438631 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. Irish non-fiction book of the year.
1. Baptism of fire -- 2. The somme and 1916 -- 3. Messines ridge and the holy land -- 4. The spring offensive -- 5. Ireland's flying aces -- 6. Boy soldiers -- 7. Brothers-in-arms -- 8. Against all odds -- 9. Homecoming -- Bibliography -- Service Records -- War Diaries -- Interviews
Ireland's forgotten legacy. In 1914-1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen from all religions and backgrounds went to war. At least thirty-five thousand never came home. Those that did were scarred for the rest of their lives. Many of these survivors found themselves abandoned and ostracised by their countrymen, their voices seldom heard. Publisher
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