Radio War Nerd EP 252 — Irish War of Independence & Civil War, with Brian Hanley

Guest: Dr. Brian Hanley, Trinity College Recorded: October 26, 2020 As listeners know, the War Nerd has gone back many times to the Irish insurgency against the British empire to compare/contrast & make sense of so many other insurgencies around the world. This episode we're joined by historian Brian Hanley of Trinity College in Dublin, author of several books on the IRA and the Irish insurgencies & wars of the 20th century (see below), to tell the story of the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) and the Irish Civil War (1922-3). First - we discuss impressions of Belfast, plastic bullets & Sinn Fein strategy during The Troubles . . . good-news elections in Bolivia and Chile . . . "we're gonna move Biden left" . . . At 45:30 - Dr. Brian Hanley joins us to talk about the the wars in Ireland in the years after World War I. Buy Dr. Hanley's books: * "The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party" * "The IRA - A Documentary History" * "The IRA, 1926 1936" . . . Total time: 1:58:45 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here