“The historical demarcation of revolution which brought an Irish independent state into being away from the Provisionals’ attempt at revolution has been an imperative of the Irish Republic’s (and to some extent British) counterinsurgency since 1970. It is argued here that the experience of revolutionary violence informs the historicisation of Irish state formation.”-John M.Regan
Regan praises many aspect of Hart’s work. But if Irish historiography cannot be severed from counterinsurgency then ‘history’ as polemic and propaganda is not too far-fetched.
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/416
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Comment on Unusual… by CL
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