http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/The+Black+and+Tans+were+not+so+bad+after+all+it+seems+according+to+a+new+book%0A%0AThat+will+come+as+disturbing+news+to+millions+of+Irish+Americans+including IrishCentral The Black and Tans were not so bad after all it seems according to a new book That will come as disturbing news to millions of Irish Americans including en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/black-and-tans-were-not-so-bad-says-new-book----savagery-in-irish-war-of-independence-on-all-sides-128656678.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/black-and-tans-were-not-so-bad-says-new-book----savagery-in-irish-war-of-independence-on-all-sides-128656678.html Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:40:11 PDT
The Black and Tans were not so bad after all it seems according to a new book That will come as disturbing news to millions of Irish Americans including, by his own account, Vice President Joe Biden, who were raised on stories of Black and Tans atrocities in Ireland during the War of Independence (The above picture is a still from the movie "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" on this very topic) The Black and Tans were generally thought of as the scum of the British system, psychopaths released from jails and turned into an evil militia and sent to Ireland Not so says a new book by historian David Leeson entitled "The Black and Tans; British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence 1920-21 READ MORE ]]>