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Friends and enemies : the Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War / Karen Garner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garner, Karen, author.
- Series:
- Manchester scholarship online.
- Manchester scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Neutrality--Ireland.
- Neutrality.
- Masculinity--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Masculinity.
- Ireland--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Ireland.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Ireland.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Ireland.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781526166616
- 1526166615
- 9781526157287
- 1526157284
- 9781526157300
- 1526157306
- OCLC:
- 1260290944
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