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O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet

O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet

Shaw, Bernard

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1514336065
ISBN13: 9781514336069
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 12 2015
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
It may surprise some people to learn that in 1915 this little play was a recruiting poster in disguise. The British officer seldom likes Irish soldiers; but he always tries to have a certain proportion of them in his battalion, because, partly from a want of common sense which leads them to value their lives less than Englishmen do [lives are really less worth living in a poor country], and partly because even the most cowardly Irishman feels obliged to outdo an Englishman in bravery if possible, and at least to set a perilous pace for him, Irish soldiers give impetus to those military operations which require for their spirited execution more devilment than prudence.

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