Article: Ireland.(Review) (book review)

Ireland The 20th Century Charles Townshend Arnold xxx+ 281 pp p/b 14.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 340 66335 9

THE HISTORICAL TEXTBOOK is a type of book which is especially hard to write well. The most the author can perhaps hope to achieve is to synthesize part at least of the literature pertaining to his or her subject, and to play to his own strengths as a historian. Judged by such standards, Charles Townshend's Ireland: The 20th Century is something of a success. Professor Townshend's particular research interests lie in the areas of military history and the history of political violence and counter-insurgency. These interests are well represented in this book: ...

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