Filling an important gap in Ireland's history of the First World War, Sandford offers a new approach to the study of divisional history by adopting a holistic methodology, setting the division within the context in which it was raised and in which it served, and assessing the representativeness of its experience by comparing and contrasting its development with the 13th (Western) Division, raised as the same time. He also offers a new approach to the exploration of unit identity that allows a more detailed level of analysis, not only of ethnicity but also of age, religion, employment, and social background than has been undertaken before. Keith Jeffery provides the foreword. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
