Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War

In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Féin negotiators signed a compromise treaty with representatives of the British government to create the Irish Free State, Ireland collapsed into civil war. While the body count suggests it was far less devastating than other European civil wars, it had a harrowing impact on the country and cast a long shadow, socially, economically and politically, which included both public rows and recriminations and deep, often private traumas.

Drawing on many previously unpublished sources and newly released archival material, one of Ireland's most renowned historians lays bare the course and impact of the war and how this tragedy shaped modern Ireland.

'Ferriter has richly earned his reputation as one of Ireland's leading historians' —Irish Independent

'Absorbing... A fascinating exploration of the Civil War and its impact on Ireland and Irish politics' —Irish Times

About the Author

Diarmaid Ferriter is one of Ireland's best-known historians and is Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. His books include The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004), Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the life and legacy of Eamon de Valera (2007), and Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s (2012). He is a regular broadcaster on television and radio and a weekly columnist with the Irish Times.

Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.5 x 19.8 cm