Resisting Empire: A History Podcast

Episode 62 - Irish Civil War: Electoral Pacts Constitutions and Kidnappings


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Michael Collins takes a novel approach to avoiding civil war: election rigging and writing a constitution that will undermine the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

The British Government prefers direct action against the anti-treaty IRA members who took the Four Courts and may have assassinated Field Marshall Wilson.

Which option do you think seems more likely to avoid civil war?


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