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Cargando... The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916 (2010)por Fearghal McGarry
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The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But how did it achieve this? What role did people from ordinary backgrounds play in the making of the Irish revolution and what motivated them to take part in it? What did the rebels think they could achieve? And what kind of a republic were they fighting for? These basic questions continue to divide historians of modern Ireland.The Rising is the story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file revolutionaries - a story No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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McGarry's account relies heavily on the memoirs and correspondence of the men and women who were involved in the events, as well as press reports and official records- to convey a sense of the happenings as they were seen at the time. He shows clearly that the rebels in Dublin did not have the sympathy of most Dubliners during the Rising. The leaders of the revolt. Patrick Pearse, Tom Clarke, James Connolly and others, were idealists who presumed to speak for the people of Ireland in the name of the "Republic of Ireland". They expected to be defeated by the British Empire and to be executed- but believed that the example of their glorious defeat and the "blood sacrifice" of their lives would move their countrymen to take up the cause of a free Ireland.
McGarry agrees with other historians that the British authorities, in swiftly executing fourteen rebel leaders after secret trials, imposing martial law over all of Ireland, and arresting thousands of people who weren't involved in the Rising, managed to do what the rebels in the Rising itself at first failed to do- turn the majority of the Irish people into militant rebel sympathizers. Just how this came to be, McGarry tells with a study that combines reasoned analysis and narrative told with engaging and moving detail. ( )