The Fighting Irish : The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier /
Newark, Timothy.
The Fighting Irish : The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier / Tim Newark. - First U.S. Edition. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2013. - xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index.
On the banks of the Boyne -- The wild geese -- Wellington's Irish storm troopers -- Napoleon's Irish Legion -- Latin American adventures -- Queen Victoria's invisible army -- The emerald flag -- Frontier fighting -- South African Irish -- Great War Irish -- Over the top -- Fascist crusade -- Churchill's Irish Brigade -- Secret war -- Cold War Irish -- Slaughter in the Congo -- War on terror -- Blown up in Afghanistan.
9781250018823 (hardcover)
Great Britain. Army --Irish regiments--History.
Soldiers--History.--Ireland
Soldiers--Ireland--Biography.
Ireland--Armed Forces--History.
Ireland--History, Military.
355.009415 NEWA
The Fighting Irish : The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier / Tim Newark. - First U.S. Edition. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2013. - xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index.
On the banks of the Boyne -- The wild geese -- Wellington's Irish storm troopers -- Napoleon's Irish Legion -- Latin American adventures -- Queen Victoria's invisible army -- The emerald flag -- Frontier fighting -- South African Irish -- Great War Irish -- Over the top -- Fascist crusade -- Churchill's Irish Brigade -- Secret war -- Cold War Irish -- Slaughter in the Congo -- War on terror -- Blown up in Afghanistan.
9781250018823 (hardcover)
Great Britain. Army --Irish regiments--History.
Soldiers--History.--Ireland
Soldiers--Ireland--Biography.
Ireland--Armed Forces--History.
Ireland--History, Military.
355.009415 NEWA