First of the small nations : the beginnings of Irish foreign policy in the interwar years, 1919-1932 / Gerard Keown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keown, Gerard, 1971- author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford Historical Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Foreign relations.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--19th century.

Ireland--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first comprehensive account of the beginnings of Irish foreign policy as Ireland asserted its independence by pushing the boundaries of Commonwealth membership, contributed at the League of Nations, and forged ties in Europe and America, led by a desire to escape from the shadow of British rule.

Contents:

Cover ; First of the Small Nations: The Beginnings of Irish Foreign Policy in the Interwar Years, 1919-1932; Copyright; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Names and Terminology; Irish Terms Used; Abbreviations; Introduction: Beginnings; 1: The Story of Ireland in the World; FENIANISM AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS; SINN FEIN'S FOREIGN POLICIES; IRELAND AND A EUROPE AT WAR, 1914-1918; TAPPING INTO NATIONALIST NETWORKS; INTERNATIONALIZING THE IRISH QUESTION; 2: 'Apostles of Liberty': The Republic's Quest for Recognition, 1919-1921; THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

THE 'STAR-SPANGLED HARP'EFFORTS TO COURT THE EUROPEAN POWERS; THE REPUBLIC AND THE VATICAN; THE REPUBLIC'S OSTPOLITIK; 3: 'Director for International Bluff': Imagining a Role for Ireland on the World Stage; THE ANTI-IMPERIAL REPUBLIC; 'HOT AIR HARPS': THE DIASPORA; A MORAL FOREIGN POLICY?; 4: A State-in-Waiting: Foreign Policy under the Provisional Government of 1922; THE CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY; FIRST OF THE SMALL NATIONS?; THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS; RETRENCHMENT; 5: 'The Irish Harp in the Orchestra of Nations': First Steps on the International Stage, 1923-1924; THE CIVIL WAR LEGACY

SHOULD THERE BE AN IRISH FOREIGN POLICY?SCALING BACK; JOINING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS; A POLICY OF PRECEDENTS; USING THE LEAGUE: REGISTERING THE ANGLOIRISH TREATY AT GENEVA; PARTITION AND NORTHERN IRELAND; TROUBLE WITH TREATIES; RAISING THE FLAG IN WASHINGTON; A SMALL STATE FOREIGN POLICY?; 6: The Free State and the Search for European Security, 1925-1926; THE GENEVA PROTOCOL; THE FREE STATE AND THE LOCARNO SPIRIT; GERMANY ENTERS THE LEAGUE; STANDING FOR A SEAT ON THE LEAGUE COUNCIL; CONFERENCE DIPLOMACY; THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE OF 1926; BUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS

PROBLEMS WITH FLAGS AND ANTHEMS7: 'Pious Hopes and Equally Pious Regrets', 1927-1929; PROMOTING DISARMAMENT; 'A MISSION OF THANKS': COSGRAVE VISITS THE UNITED STATES; PREACHING PEACE: THE KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT; SECRETARY OF STATE KELLOGG VISITS IRELAND; DISARMAMENT EFFORTS RESUME; ECONOMIC DISARMAMENT; DIPLOMATIC EXPANSION; 8: 'A Policy of World Peace and World Economic Development', 1930-1932; WINNING A SEAT AT THE TOP TABLE; THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE OF 1930; TIES WITH GERMANY AND FRANCE; PLANS FOR EUROPEAN FEDERAL UNION; LOOSE ENDS AT GENEVA; FIRST STEPS ON THE LEAGUECOUNCIL, 1931-1932

THE WORLD DISARMAMENT CONFERENCETIES WITH THE UNITED STATES; REPRESENTING FAITH AND FREESTATE IN ROME; THE SOVIET UNION AND THE 'RED SCARE'; THE MANCHURIA CRISIS; Conclusion: First of the Small Nations?; Bibliography; 1. ARCHIVES; 2. PRIVATE PAPERS; 3. NEWSPAPERS AND CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS; 4. BOOKS AND ARTICLES; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-180606-4

0-19-106241-3