Death in the Archives: Witnessing War in Ireland, 1919–1921*

IF 1.8 1区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI:10.1093/PASTJ/GTAB003
A. Dolan
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In a relatively brief, not very lethal, but meticulously documented guerrilla war in Ireland there is an opportunity to reflect on who historians choose to listen to when writing about violence. Across 1920–21 thousands of inquests captured the voices of the men, women and sometimes children who were the first to describe and define the act of killing in this conflict, but who very quickly fell out of the historical record after that point. This article considers the contribution these bystanders can make to a history of violence, and some of the challenges their evidence presents. By witnessing death were they an integral part of how killing was meant to be understood? Are they fundamental to an understanding of how terror worked, and did they, by their presence, by the way they spoke of what they saw, contribute to why so few deaths were needed for the message to be understood in the Irish context? Ultimately, these witnesses also raise questions about the reactions they prompted then as well as now. Is it easier to hear of killing from a combatant than from a child, and are there consequences for the history of violence in the making of that choice?
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档案中的死亡:见证1919-1921年爱尔兰的战争*
在这本相对简短、不太致命、但却一丝不苟地记录了爱尔兰游击战的书中,我们有机会反思历史学家在写暴力时选择听从谁的意见。从1920年到1921年,成千上万的调查记录了男人、女人,有时还有孩子的声音,他们是第一个描述和定义这场冲突中的杀戮行为的人,但在那之后,他们很快就从历史记录中消失了。本文考虑了这些旁观者对暴力历史的贡献,以及他们的证据提出的一些挑战。通过目睹死亡,他们是如何理解杀戮的一个组成部分吗?他们是理解恐怖活动的基础吗,他们的存在,他们讲述自己所见的方式,是否有助于解释为什么在爱尔兰的背景下,人们只需要很少的死亡就能理解这一信息?最终,这些证人还对他们当时和现在引发的反应提出了质疑。从战斗人员口中听到杀戮是否比从孩子口中听到更容易?做出这种选择是否会对暴力历史产生影响?
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