The College Survival Instruction Book Book

This was a great book on the events of the uprising, giving a thorough day-by-day account of events. What little I previously knew about the uprising was from a friend's rendition of The Ballad of James Larkin. (There's a nice Dubliners version of it on youtube) The book also included some good photos. However, Agony at Easter was pretty lacking in any analysis of causes or aftermath, so I will have to do a lot more reading if I'm going to understand this part of Irish history. Having the typical American's sympathy for the underdog, of course my natural inclination is to side with the rebels, yet I realize that I simply don't know enough about Irish history to have any judgment. It does seem that the leaders of the uprising were not very well prepared and were perhaps more interested in grand gestures than in success.