Conscription, US Intervention and the Transformation of Ireland 1914-1918 : Divergent Destinies (Paperback)

List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Note on Translation Biography of France's Representatives Introduction Echoes of Sarajevo Conventional narratives Plea for a new historiography of the Irish Revolution Diplomatic sources and French narratives 1 Political Crisis, British Intentions and Wartime Uncertainties (January 1913-March 1916) Home Rule and Ulster Unionism: the impossible settlement War breaks out: Asquith's strategy, recruitment, and the leap into the unknown A distant war: propaganda and the war economy Laissez-faire policy and French concerns Conclusion 2 Was the Rebellion a Turning Point? (April 1916-October 1916) Allegiance and opportunities: US neutrality and the preparation for an insurrection Rebellion, reactions and extrapolations? Aftermath and executions: the transformation of Ireland? Partition: ongoing deadlock and critical solutions Procrastination and the end of the old administrative regime Conclusion 3 All Changed, Changed Quietly (October 1916-March 1917) October 1916 and the threat of conscription Opposing conscription, supporting Redmond The decline in recruitment The North-Roscommon by-election: the twilight of Sinn Fein Conclusion 4 Resisting Conscription, Redefining Ireland (March 1917-October 1917) March 1917: the Home Rule controversy Re-organizing Sinn Fein: towards the Ard Fheis The South Longford by-election: the men of Easter Week saved your sons from conscription Tightening the grip: the East-Clare election The Kilkenny by-election Ard Fheis: the Sinn Fein Convention in October 1917 The shifting position of the Roman Catholic clergy The growing number of Sinn Fein sympathizers Conclusion 5 The Wartime Internationalization of the Irish question (April 1917-March 1918) US intervention: a blow to the separatist movement? Colonel House and Ireland The April 1917 Irish Convention: a 'flat failure' or a 'political camouflage'? British procrastination From fear of another black '47 to fear of conscription (January-March 1918) Unholy alliances, survival, and despair The goal of the Peace Conference takes hold Conclusion 6 Conscription, Betrayal and the Agony of the Irish Parliamentary Party (April 1918) From the Ulster 'conscription cry' to the German offensive Heated debates and some revelations A stab in the back of the dead man: a second execution of dead heroes 'The miracle has been performed' Preparing the fight here and abroad An unpopular move among the British authorities in Ireland Conscription: a counter-Wilsonian move? Conclusion 7 Endgame (May 1918-December 1918) The German plot On the road to victory: summer 1918 December 1918: the triumph of the Internationalists Conclusion Epilogue How the Great War transformed Ireland Diverging destinies National minorities, post-war order and disillusions Bibliography Index