Friends and enemies : the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War /
Garner, Karen,
Friends and enemies : the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War / Karen Garner. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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.
9781526157300 9781526157287
GBC177588 bnb
020196071 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--Ireland.
Neutrality--Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
Electronic Books.
D754 / .F754 2021
Friends and enemies : the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War / Karen Garner. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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.
9781526157300 9781526157287
GBC177588 bnb
020196071 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--Ireland.
Neutrality--Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
Electronic Books.
D754 / .F754 2021