This is an interesting book. The author details, in journalistic style, a catalogue and a brief description of the main events that occurred throughout Ulster and the Border counties during the War of Independence and the Civil War. Sensibilities are not spared and gruesome details about killings, murders and sectarian acts are analysed. The book is also well referenced and well written throughout with a lot of useful source material referred to in newspapers in particular for other researchers to utilise. ( )