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Ireland’s Wars: Final Thoughts On The Irish Revolutionary Period
In the course of the last 150+ entries (studies of Irish history tend to be top heavy with study of this period, and now I understand why), we have covered what is dubbed the “Irish revolutionary period”, that section of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, britain, british army, coin, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War In 1923
When 1923 dawned, the newly born Irish Free State could look forward with increased optimism. They had control over the vast majority of the country, and had the allegiance, given freely or coerced, of the majority of the population. The … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, coin, counter-insurgency, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, liam lynch, mulcahy, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The National Army’s COIN Campaign
Having taken a few entries to look at the bounce back of the IRA in the aftermath of the conventional Civil War, today I wanted to spend some time discussing the manner in which the pro-Treaty side began to absorb … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, coin, counter-insurgency, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: COIN In The Nine Years War
As with so much of Ireland’s military history, the Nine Years War was an insurgency war for the most part. Save for the handful of bigger engagements and the sieges that took place (mostly by the English side), the war … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, mountjoy, nine years war, o'neill, war
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Ireland’s Wars: COIN In The Nine Years War
As with so much of Ireland’s military history, the Nine Years War was an insurgency war for the most part. Save for the handful of bigger engagements and the sieges that took place (mostly by the English side), the war … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, nine years war, war
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The Stupidest Thing I’ve Read This Week (13/5/12)
Third place this week goes to Fox News, and the initial headline they put up in response to President Obama’s declaration regards gay marriage. They altered it pretty quickly. I’m not sure why they did, considering how the first headline … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, Stupidest Thing, War
Tagged coin, dooley, fox news, obama, stupidest thing, tucker max, war
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Ireland’s Wars: How Art MacMurragh Brought Down The English Monarchy
Richard II had left Ireland in a precarious state in 1395, and his diplomatic attempts at solving the problems there quickly unravelled. His deal with Art MacMurragh was not honoured, and so the King of Leinster could not be relied … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1399, art macmurragh, coin, henry iv, henry v, history, idrone, ireland, richard ii, war, war of the roses
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The RAND COIN Scoresheet And The Irish Civil War
The Civil War was a very different conflict to that fought between the IRA and the British. It was a successful COIN campaign, a very rare thing. What does the RAND scoresheet have to say about it? Good Factors 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Ireland, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, irish civil war, rand, scoresheet, war, war of independence
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The RAND COIN Scorecard And The Irish War Of Independence
The RAND think tank, last year, came up with a “scorecard” method of reviewing counter-insurgency campaigns. The scorecard ranks a COIN campaign in terms of “good” and “bad” practices that take place by the actual COIN force and the insurgents … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Iraq, Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, bad factors, coin, counter insurgency, good factors, history, Iraq, ireland, politics, rand, revolutionary period, scorecard, war, war of independence
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The US, Pakistan And Leverage
I see this kind of bizarre sentiment expressed by a lot of people over the last while, that the United States has somehow gained a measure of “leverage” over Pakistan as a result of the circumstances surrounding the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged afpak, bin laden, china, coin, counter insurgency, fallout, india, levarge, leverage, nukes, pakistan, politics, power, taliban, us, war
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