"The Art of Humbling Tyrants: Irish Revolutionary ...2" Topic

…Internationalism during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era,
1789-1815-

"Ireland was England's first subject, its breeding ground for colonization and imperialism that would span the world over. Ireland underwent eight hundred years of more of various forms of encroachment by the British, yet the period surrounding the French Revolution and Napoléon would offer the greatest opening for Ireland to reclaim its independence. Irish revolutionaries, none more so than the United Irishmen, sought to internationalize their struggle, turning especially to the new French Republic and subsequently to Napoléon Bonaparte's Empire for assistance. The Irish revolutionaries defy state repression, arrange for an abortive French invasion in 1796, organize a national uprising and second French invasion in 1798, undergo the creation of the United Kingdom, and become part of Napoléon's army before being ultimately stamped out by the British authorities. In the process of following the development and ultimately the defeat of the United Irishmen, there is much to observe about the Irish
revolutionary praxis that can shed insight into the broader field of international revolutionary and anti-imperial struggles in the modern world. In addition, the struggle of the United Irishmen provides a first-rate glimpse into the inner-workings of British empire and imperialism…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Humbling Tyrants? I didn't think the Irish who fought for Napoleon let him down too much? (Those that fought for their rightful king in the British Army certainly didn't let HM down!)

This sounds more like a political diatribe than a Masters thesis…

Maybe in the border…

Amicalement
Armand