The Shortest History of Ireland
Two millennia compressed into a short opinionated narrative, from the Normans through the plantations and the Famine to partition, with maps and actual judgements.
Hawes compresses two millennia into a short, opinionated narrative running from the Norman arrival through the plantations, the Famine, partition and the Troubles, with maps and a willingness to make judgements most survey histories avoid. Part of a series built for readers who want the shape of a country history before deciding which century to go deeper on.
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Tyler Cowen
From a useful series, even if some of the claims are wrong and the judgments intemperate. Such books force you to think through your own views and interpretations, they serve as refreshers for the basic history, and they do give you conceptual frameworks of a sort.
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