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“gary oswald”

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  • Grapeshot and Guillotines

    by Gary Oswald ...
    The history of the world is, in many ways, a history of revolutions. Not only those that succeeded, though a great many did, but those that failed and those that were averted.What if they weren't? What if Canada had won its independence in 1837? What if the Taiping rebels had formed their own country in China? What if Trinidad revolted against the British in the 1930s? What if a Socialist Commune ... Read more

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  • The Emerald Isles

    by Jared Kavanagh, Paul Hynes, Dara Boland, Andrew J. Harvey, Matthew Kresal, Gary Oswald, Charles E.P. Murphy, J.A Belanger, Richard Hunter, Lilith C.J. Roberts, Charlie Allison, Blaise Burtulato, Ian Bertram ...
    Ireland is a country that is, in many ways, still defined by the British occupation and the nature of its partition and independence and so there is much room to explore how it could have evolved differently in different circumstances.What would home rule have looked like in practice? What struggles would an Ireland that won independence in the late 18th century have faced? How would Ireland have ... Read more

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  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

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  • The World

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  • Revolting

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  • Lest We Forget

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    'After his masterpieces on Germany and England, James Hawes has done it again... a wonder to behold' PROFESSOR CIARAN MARTINFrom the Ice Age to the present, here is the real story of Ireland.In The Shortest History of Ireland, James Hawes turns his attention to Ireland, reaching beyond the clichés to tell a dramatic new story, backed up by the latest scholarship.Irish history is often seen as a ... Read more

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