Garner, Karen, <br/><br/>
Friends and enemies :  the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War / 
Karen Garner. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations (black and white) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526157300 9781526157287 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC177588  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>020196071  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Ireland.<br/>Neutrality--Ireland.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D754  / .F754 2021