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Friends and enemies : the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War / Karen Garner.

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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526157300
  • 9781526157287
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • D754 .F754 2021
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Contents:
Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Eire during the Emergency -- Introduction -- Agreements made, pledges broken: Europe in the 1930s -- Neutral states in a world at war, September 1939 to May 1940 -- "Unstoppable" Germany, "unbeatable" Britain, June to December 1940 -- In pursuit of America's friendship, January to June 1941 -- British friend, Irish foe, July to December 1941 -- Efforts to "break the backbone" of Irish neutrality, January 1942 to December 1943 -- Eire, neutral to the bitter end, January 1944 to June 1945 -- Conclusion
Subject: This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War, as those leaders sought to secure - or reject - Ireland's alliance with the Western Allied powers in their existential conflict with the fascist Axis powers.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Eire during the Emergency -- Introduction -- Agreements made, pledges broken: Europe in the 1930s -- Neutral states in a world at war, September 1939 to May 1940 -- "Unstoppable" Germany, "unbeatable" Britain, June to December 1940 -- In pursuit of America's friendship, January to June 1941 -- British friend, Irish foe, July to December 1941 -- Efforts to "break the backbone" of Irish neutrality, January 1942 to December 1943 -- Eire, neutral to the bitter end, January 1944 to June 1945 -- Conclusion

This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War, as those leaders sought to secure - or reject - Ireland's alliance with the Western Allied powers in their existential conflict with the fascist Axis powers.

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