The War that Didn't Happen: Waiting for Ambushes in the Irish War of Independence

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Contemporary European History Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI:10.1017/s0960777322000819
M. Ó. Ó Catháin
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There is a widely held perception that the Anglo-Irish War or War of Independence was a hard-fought series of guerrilla war engagements punctuated by larger and often spectacular events in Cork, Dublin and elsewhere. However, an examination of the conflict from the perspective of a search for an alternative war, where little if anything occurred, can yield interesting and counter-intuitive results. This is exactly what this article sets out to do in order to demonstrate the often rich potential in the quest for nothing in particular, but primarily to establish that in every conflict of this type, another war often takes place, which shows itself to be largely ineffectual and futile though ultimately quite rewarding in its own way.
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没有发生的战争:在爱尔兰独立战争中等待伏击
人们普遍认为,英爱战争或独立战争是一系列艰苦的游击战,其间科克、都柏林和其他地方发生了规模更大、往往壮观的事件。然而,从寻找另一场战争的角度来审视这场冲突,在这场战争中,几乎没有发生任何事情,可能会产生有趣和反直觉的结果。这正是本文所要做的,目的是展示在不寻求任何特别的东西的过程中往往具有丰富的潜力,但主要是为了确定在每一场此类冲突中,都会发生另一场战争,这表明它在很大程度上是无效和徒劳的,尽管最终以其自身的方式获得了相当大的回报。
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期刊介绍: Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short time span, the journal achieves both range and depth in its coverage. It is open to all forms of historical inquiry - including cultural, economic, international, political and social approaches - and welcomes comparative analysis. One issue per year explores a broad theme under the guidance of a guest editor. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.
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