Between Two Hells: Ferriter takes stock of Ireland’s ‘small-scale’ yet cruel Civil War
Historian Diarmaid Ferriter’s forensic study of the bitter disputes that drove the Irish Civil War is an important addition to our understanding of the war and its legacy
HISTORY
Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War
By Diarmaid Ferriter
Profile Books, €21.99
As a novelist, the bookcases of my study have no space for fiction – they’re devoted to practical tools such as reference works instead. The Spanish Civil War occupies half a shelf, the Easter Rising an entire shelf and specialist books about Irish history three further shelves. However, I only possess three volumes devoted to the Irish Civil War.
I’m not ...