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

By:

Garner, Karen [Author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781526157300
9781526157287

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Electronic Books.

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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	D754.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1260290944

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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