The Anglo-Irish war of 1919-1921 was an international historical landmark: the first successful revolution against British rule and the beginning of the end of the Empire. However, the Irish revolutionaries did not win their struggle on the battlefield - their key victory was in mobilising public opinion in Britain and the rest of the world. Journalists and writers flocked to Ireland, where the increasingly brutal conflict was seen as the crucible for settling some of the key issues of the new world order emerging from the ruins of World War I. The News from Ireland vividly explores the work of British and American correspondents in Ireland as well as other foreign journalists and literary figures.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Education of the War Correspondents -- II. Revolution in the Making -- III. The Moral Accountant: A Journalist in Pursuit of the Black and Tans -- IV. Seeing the Sun at Noon: The Crusading Press Restored -- V. The Propaganda War -- VI. An Old World Fight: American Journalists in Ireland -- VII. Literary Tourists: G.K.Chesterton, Wilfred Ewert and V.S.Pritchett as Reporters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.