The short war leaves the British Expeditionary Force at home and avoids the massive troop movements that historically reshaped domestic politics. The Irish Home Rule crisis would therefore unfold differently, although no specific settlement is predicted. The availability of regular forces and the absence of a four-year emergency change the constraints on the government and its opponents alike. The outcome remains open because those changed pressures do not determine a single political settlement.
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Irish Home Rule without mass wartime mobilization
With the BEF still in Britain and no prolonged mobilization, the Irish Home Rule crisis develops under very different military and political pressures.