A History of the Irish Rebellion of 1916 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A History of the Irish Rebellion of 1916 (Classic Reprint) written by Warre B. Wells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Irish Rebellion of 1916 In the next place, the moral gravity of the Rebellion was fully matched by its military gravity; for it exposed Great Britain to a dis advantage which, serious as it would have been if she had been engaged in war with any other Power, was vastly more serious when she was engaged in war with Germany. Strategic geo graphy, especially in relation to sea power, is not a subject which the average British citizen has been trained to regard with intelligent interest. His lack of acquaintance with Ireland's history, and the fact that her foreign relations have long been merged with those of the neighbouring island, tend further to obscure his realisation of the strategic importance of Ireland. Yet the most cursory glance at Irish military history serves to show how capital is that importance, and it is emphasised by the frequency of the occasions, during the period when Great Britain enjoyed a complete immunity from invasion, on which the soldiers of foreign Powers have landed and fought on Irish soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.