Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn

Description: Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn [Paperback] Walker, Stephen Product Overview Award-winning BBC journalist Stephen Walker gives for the first time a full account of how twenty-eight Irish men serving in British regiments met their deaths. Drawing upon war diaries, court-martial papers and interviews with veterans and family members, he explains how, often exhausted by battle, or suffering shellshock, men who refused to fight were branded as cowards, and shot at dawn by a firing squad. From the cities and town lands of Ireland to the killing fields of the Western Front and Gallipoli, Forgotten Soldiers traces the lives of men who enlisted to fight an enemy but ended up being killed by their own side. For decades the full story of how the Irishmen died has largely remained a secret, but now one of the most controversial chapters in British military history can at last be told. In 2006 the British government finally pardoned those soldiers who were shot at dawn. Forgotten Soldiers is the first book to chronicle how relatives and campaigners fought to clear the men's names. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gill & Macmillan; First Edition (March 4, 2008) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0717145158 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 57 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.67 x 9.21 inches Best Sellers Rank: #6,951,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10,926 in World War I History (Books) #114,756 in European History (Books) #10,926 in World War I History (Books) #114,756 in European History (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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