Professionalization and suicidal defence planning by the Irish army, 1921–1941
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11158554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theo Farrell (0000-0002-2952-3783, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 67-85 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402399808437727 |
| OpenAlex | W2034936012 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 15 |
Recently declassified war plans reveal the Irish Army preparing a conventional defence against expected British invasion in 1940–41. Irish Army planners realized such a defence would have been suicidal in the face of overwhelming British military superiority, yet they rejected the obvious alternative of preparing a defence which incorporated their operational experience of guerrilla warfare from the Anglo‐Irish War of 1919–21. This was because in building a professional organization in the 1920s and 1930s, Army leaders formed beliefs about military professionalism by imitating the British Army. This, in turn, led them to believe that guerrilla warfare was not the business of professional armies
Citizen journalism · Face (sociological concept · Guerrilla warfare · Irish · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Social science · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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