{"product_id":"9781781170458","title":"Civic Guard Mutiny","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of 15 May 1922, more than 1,200 of the first recruits of the newly established Civic Guard broke ranks during a general parade in the training dept at Kildare Barracks. In the chaos that ensued, Commissioner Michael Staines and the headquarters staff fled the depot, while the recruits raided the armoury and seized control of the barracks. The Civic Guard Mutiny explores the reasons behind the actions of the newly appointed Guards, who resented the decision of Michael Collins, chairman of the Provisional Government, to appoint experienced RIC men to senior positions in the new force. It also investigates the role played by the IRA in fomenting the mutiny and the reaction of a fledgling government, already facing imminent civil war, to a revolt by the men it had entrusted with maintaining law and order in the new Irish Free State.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercier Press, Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047115210992,"sku":"9781781170458","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781170458_p0.jpg?v=1763715129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781170458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}