From the publishers of "Judging Dev" comes "Our War: Ireland and the Great War". This book, written by some of Ireland's leading historians, provides an Irish perspective on the Great Warwhich saw over 200,000 Irish soldiers fighting. It relays the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and chroniclesthe effect this war had, and still has, on Irish society. The livesand deaths of soldiers in the trenches, volunteer nurses, women,politicians and the workforce are all examined. Archival letters,diaries, wills and illustrations are reproduced which documentthe pride, fear, anxiety and sorrow felt by soldiers, nurses,sweethearts, families and friends. The book accompanies the RTAeRadio 1 series "Our War: Ireland and the Great War", which is beingbroadcast from November 2008 to late December 2008.