Carson's army
Author: Timothy Bowman
ISBN: 9780719073717
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 01 Nov 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780719073717
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 01 Nov 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Hardback
The first academic study of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary organisation, which was formed in 1913 by Ulster Unionists opposed to the Third Home Rule Bill. The Ulster Volunteer Force provided the basis of the 36th (Ulster) Division formed in 1914 and was reactivated in 1920 to counter the I.R.A. threat to the new Northern Ireland state. -- .
