On Another Man's Wound: A Personal History of Ireland's War of Independence

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Summary: O'Malley's Another Man's Wound
Review: Ernie O'Malley gives a free form rememberence of his activities during the Irish War for Independence. Unlike the methodical analysis of Tom Barry in Guerrilla Days, O'Malley gives his view of the war in a more emotional way. Perhaps that is not the correct way to describe it, but this book contains more of the personal feelings and thoughts of an educated Dublin man on the run in rural Ireland. He hates the food, he finds the conversation dull, but the spirit of the people carry him on. O'Malley adds life to our view of this violent era in Irish history and strips away much of the myth while adding to the heroics.