Ronan Fanning
Articles by Ronan Fanning
2016
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Irish History
The Big World Spins
Ireland in the revolutionary and Civil War years seemed to be much taken up with its own affairs. But Dubliners flocked to a lavish new…
2014
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Irish History
Generals and their Masters
A guerrilla army wins if it does not lose, Kissinger observed, while a conventional army loses if it does not win. A new edited account…
2013
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Irish History
Endgame
It is proper to retain some scepticism about the prevailing heroic narrative of the War of Independence, which was not without its unattractive features, but…