Military service pensions and the recognition and reintegration of guerrilla fighters after the Irish revolution

Military service pensions and guerrilla fighters after the Irish revolution

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ID4557992
AuthorsMarie Coleman (0000-0001-9021-8932, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume91
Issue253
Pages554-572
Publication date2018-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistorical Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-2281.12231
OpenAlexW2610701086
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

Recently released archives from the Irish military service pensions collection (M.S.P.C.) offer an important opportunity to examine the post-conflict experience of veterans of guerrilla warfare. Pensioning has been used effectively to study the post-conflict lives of veterans of conventional wars but analysis of the experience of guerrillas has been largely limited to the security threat posed to peace by these former combatants. The pensions awarded to veterans of the Irish revolution (1916–23) indicate that recognition was central to veterans' concerns and serve as a useful historical example of the post-conflict reintegration of ex-combatants

Citizen journalism · Criminology · Economics · Economy · Guerrilla warfare · Irish · Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Politics · Service member · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration

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