The emergency : neutral Ireland 1939-45 / Brian Girvin
2007, First Edition. London : Macmillan. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Tanned pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #470967
ISBN: 0330493299
Physical description; xxiii, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Condolences on Hitler's death -- 2. The making of de Valera's Ireland : 1916-38 -- 3. Neutrality in the phoney war -- 4. An offer that could be refused : June 1940 -- 5. Neutrality in perilous times : May 1940 to June 1941 -- 6. The (lost) American card : FDR, Gray and the neutrals : 1938-41 -- 7. Neutrality, politics and party in the emergency -- 8. To war : Irish volunteers in the British Armed Forces -- 9. Diplomacy as ideology : neutrality, June 1941 to August 1945 -- Conclusion : the end of de Valera's Ireland? Subjects; Neutrality Ireland. World War, 1939-1945 Ireland. Ireland Foreign relations 1922- Ireland Politics and government 1922-1949. Isolationism Ireland.
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