THE BLACK AND TANS: BRITISH POLICE AND AUXILIARIES IN THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1920-1921
Written by D.M. Leeson
Published by Oxford University Press
in 2011
ISBN: 9780199598991
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THE BLACK AND TANS: BRITISH POLICE AND AUXILIARIES IN THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1920-1921
Written by D.M. Leeson.
Stock no. 2138095
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards with gilt title to spine. During the Irish War of Independence, the British government recruited thousands of ex-soldiers to serve as constables in the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Black and Tans, while also raising a paramilitary raiding force of ex-officers: The Auxiliary Division. Between 1920-1921, these forces became the focus of bitter controversy. ISBN: 9780199598991.