TY - JOUR
AU - Jameson, J. F.
AB - 0' Brien: The Irish in the Rc'uolution 797 BOOKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for Liberty. By MICHAEL J. O'BRIEN, Historiog­ rapher, American Irish Historical Society. (New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company. 1920. Pp. xv, 533. $5.00.) THE racial or linguistic composition of the American nation in 1776, or of the Revolutionary army, is an important and interesting subject. Mr. O'Brien has taken up one section of the problem, the Irish, and, working with great industry and energetic research, has compiled a book of real value and importance, marred by some serious faults. No one could read any five pagf's of the book without perceiving that the author has undertaken his task in the spirit of an advocate. This has been the custom of almost all who have written about the national or linguistic elements in America to which they have themselves be­ longed, and there has been so much disposition to minimize the im­ portance and influence of the Irish element that a c'ertain degree of warmth of advocacy on Mr. O'Brien's part is only natural. It does not, however, form the best temper for securing permanent results of 
TI - A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for Liberty. By Michael J. O'Brien, Historiographer, American Irish Historica ...
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/26.4.797
DA - 1921-07-01
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SP - 797
EP - 799
VL - 26
IS - 4
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