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War in the shadows : the Irish-American Fenians who bombed Victorian Britain /
The transformation from regular warfare to the strategy of a war of attrition within urban centres was an enormous development within the history of Irish Fenianism. Having its origins in the complex world of Irish-American politics, the Fenian dynamite campaign in Victorian Britain was undertaken b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sallins, Co. Kildare :
Merrion,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The transformation from regular warfare to the strategy of a war of attrition within urban centres was an enormous development within the history of Irish Fenianism. Having its origins in the complex world of Irish-American politics, the Fenian dynamite campaign in Victorian Britain was undertaken between 1881 and 1885 and was largely a response to the failures of Fenianism in the previous decade. Involving many well-known Fenians, such as Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Thomas James Clarke and Denis Deasy, who died in British custody following arrest for his role in the bombings, the campaign wa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxx, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781908928412 1908928417 |