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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kenna, Shane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sallins, Co. Kildare : Merrion, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1901
Fenians.
Terrorism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Bombings > Great Britain.
Civil rights > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Terrorisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Attentats à la bombe > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Bombings
Civil rights
Fenians
Politics and government
Terrorism
Ireland > History > 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.
Irlande > Histoire > 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1837-1901.
Great Britain
Ireland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology of Fenian bombings and conspiracy in Britain, 1881-1885
  • Preface: Who were the Fenians?
  • Introduction
  • Irish-American retribution and the trans-Atlantic conspiracy
  • The skirmishers at large
  • Political crisis and the dirty war in the shadows
  • Bombs across Britain
  • Das agents provocateurs
  • Clan na Gael and the Gallagher Conspiracy
  • The escalating dynamite campaign
  • The mysterious case of John Daly
  • The ceasefire and counter Fenian strategy as political action
  • The fall of Edward George Jenkinson
  • The Mexican general and the game of shadows
  • The game of shadows revealed: Irish-American conspiracy on trial
  • Conclusion.

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