History Of The Great War

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227: Irish Civil War Pt. 4 Nov 06, 2019

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The Irish-Civil War would come to an end in 1923, not with a bang but with a whimper.

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1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin

Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson

A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard Killeen

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226: Irish Civil War Pt. 3 Oct 30, 2019

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After some early failures, the Republican Army would face some hard questions, with no good answers.

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Sources

1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin

Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson

A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard Killeen

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225: Irish Civil War Pt. 2 Oct 23, 2019

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The Anglo-Irish war would end with a treaty that had to be accepted in Dublin, but not everybody thought that it was the best path forward.

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Sources

1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin

Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson

A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard Killeen

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224: Irish Civil War Pt. 1 Oct 17, 2019

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With the war over, the dreams of Irish Home Rule quickly turned into a violent nightmare

Sources

1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin

Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson

A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard Killeen

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223: Middle Eastern Revolts Pt. 3 Oct 09, 2019

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The people of Iraq had risen against British rule, but could they actually succeed?

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Sources:

The 1920 Revolt in Iraq Reconsidered: The Role of Tribes in National Politics by Amal Vinogradov

'A Tedious and Perilous Controversy': Britain and the Settlement of the Mosul Dispute, 1918-1926 by Peter J. Beck

British Oil Policy in the Middle East 1919-1932 by Colin Davies

The British Press and the Future of Egypt, 1919-1922 by Michael B. Bishku

The Cambridge History of EgyptCreating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919-23 by Guiditta Fontana

Did Britain Use Chemical Weapons in Mandatory Iraq? by R.M. Douglas

Enemy on the Euphrates: The Battle for Iraq, 1914 - 1921 by Ian Rutledge

Competing Narratives: Histories of the Women's Movement in Iraq, 1910-58 by Noga Efrati

Labor Unrest in Egypt, 1906-90 by Donald Quataert

British Oil Policy in the Middle East 1919-1932 by Colin Davies

Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation Through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy

The Other 'Awakening' in Iraq: The Women's Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century by Noga Efrat

iLiminal Loyalties: Ottomanism and Palestinian Responses to the Turkish War of Independence, 1919-22 by Awad Halabi

Patterns of the 1920 rising in Iraq: The Rifā'iyya ṭarīqa and Shiism by Thomas Eich

Peasants in Revolt - Egypt 1919 by Ellis Goldberg

Southern Kurdistan under Britain's Mesopotamian Mandate: From Separation to Incorporation, 1920-23 by Saad Eskander

The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: New Directions in the Egyptian Economy by Robert L. Tignor

War and Occupation in Iraq: What Went Right? What Could Go Wrong? by Judith S. Yaphe

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222: Middle Eastern Revolts Pt. 2 Oct 02, 2019

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The new British Mandate of Mesopotamia would rise in revolt in 1920, hoping to throw off their new British rulers.