British Voices: From the Irish War of Independence 1918-1921; The Words of British Servicemen Who Were There

This volume brings together the personal accounts of British servicemen who fought in the Irish War of Independence, providing insights on such subjects as RAF operations during the war and secret contacts between the British and the IRA, as well as the personal feelings of the British servicemen who took part.

DR WILLIAM SHEEHAN is an honours graduate of University College Cork and he has an MA in history from the Open University. From Kanturk in County Cork, he has worked in the Health Services and has recently completed a PhD on the British Army in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. This book is the final volume in a trilogy that includes British Voices (2005) and Fighting For Dublin (2007). His PhD thesis, A Hard Local War will be published by The Collins Press in 2010.

'A welcome counterbalance to the accepted view in all those books on what followed after 1916' Irish Independent 'More than a useful addition to the growing research on the period' Sunday Business Post 'Fascinating new book' Magill