The
Fighting Irish
The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier
Newark, Timothy.
creator
text
001
New York
Thomas Dunne Books
2013
First U.S. Edition.
monographic
xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
On the banks of the Boyne -- The wild geese -- Wellington's Irish storm troopers -- Napoleon's Irish Legion -- Latin American adventures -- Queen Victoria's invisible army -- The emerald flag -- Frontier fighting -- South African Irish -- Great War Irish -- Over the top -- Fascist crusade -- Churchill's Irish Brigade -- Secret war -- Cold War Irish -- Slaughter in the Congo -- War on terror -- Blown up in Afghanistan.
Tim Newark.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index.
Great Britain.
Army
Irish regiments
History
Soldiers
Ireland
History
Soldiers
Ireland
Biography
Ireland
Armed Forces
History
Ireland
History, Military
355.009415 NEWA
9781250018823 (hardcover)
RDA
nyua
20240208115506.0
eng