The News From Ireland Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution

by Walsh, Maurice

• ISBN13: 9781845117146
• ISBN10: 184511714X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

The Anglo-Irish war of 1919-1921 finally broke apart the constitution of the United Kingdom, drawing a line under 120 years of turbulent history since the Act of Union. In the Republic of Ireland it is referred to as the War of Independence and celebrated as the heroic struggle which forged an independent Irish state; in Britain it is retrospectively regarded as the beginning of the end of Imperial rule. But how was the revolution perceived at the time? How was it reported in the media and with what purpose? And how did coverage vary between Britain, Ireland and the United States?The News From Irelandexamines the development of the Anglo-Irish war and the shifts in the reporting of events by British and American correspondents as well as other foreign journalists and literary figures. It includes revealing insights into the propaganda war and the ways in which both sides tried to interest journalists in their cause. Maurice Walsh also emphasizes the power of public opinion to influence the British government and analyses the effect this had on the course of the revolution.The News from Irelandoffers a penetrating and persuasive assessment of the Irish revolution itself and the role of the press and journalism in that phase of world history. This important book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Irish history and how our understanding of history generally is shaped by the media.

Author Biography

Maurice Walsh is an Assistant Editor at BBC News and an award-winning documentary maker. He has been a foreign correspondent in Central and South America and has reported from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the United States and Europe. His essays, reviews and reportage have been widely published in newspapers and magazines in the UK, Ireland and the United States. In 2001, he was a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Education of the War Correspondents	p. 21
Revolution in the Making	p. 39
The Moral Accountant: A Journalist in Pursuit of the Black and Tans	p. 57
Seeing the Sun at Noon: The Crusading Press Restored	p. 83
The Propaganda War	p. 105
An Old World Fight: American Journalists in Ireland	p. 127
Literary Tourists: G.K. Chesterton, Wilfred Ewart and V.S. Pritchett as Reporters	p. 153
Conclusion	p. 179
Notes	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 251
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