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Distant drums : Irish soldiers in foreign armies / Myles Dungan

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Belfast] : Appletree Press, [1993]Description: viii, 184 p. [24 p.] : ill., ports. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780862813840 pbk
  • 9780862813840 pbk
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The Irish soldier in America -- The Great War -- Ireland and the Second World War -- The Cold War
Scope and content: The one thing which most Irish soldiers have had in common since 1700 is that they have been fighting in someone else's army prosecuting someone else's war. This book looks at how this came about and examines the role of the Irish soldier in foreign armies from the American Civil War to Bosnia
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The Irish soldier in America -- The Great War -- Ireland and the Second World War -- The Cold War

The one thing which most Irish soldiers have had in common since 1700 is that they have been fighting in someone else's army prosecuting someone else's war. This book looks at how this came about and examines the role of the Irish soldier in foreign armies from the American Civil War to Bosnia

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