Northern Ireland, America and the Second World War : faithful sentinel / Simon Topping.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Topping, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army Air Forces--History.

United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Northern Ireland.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Northern Ireland--Participation, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"Northern Ireland, America and the Second World War analyses the various responses to the American military presence in Northern Ireland during the Second World War, and its legacy in the years immediately thereafter. Simon Topping examines the political attitude of the Northern Irish government, as well as that of Irish Nationalists and the Americans themselves. He considers the internal political impact of America forces, hospitality provision for American troops, and the memorialization of the occupation in the war's aftermath, among other topics. This study draws attention to influential and understudied individuals such as David Gray, the American minister for Dublin who was recruited to the Unionist cause, and the Northern Irish Prime Minister Basil Brooke, who visited the USA in 1950. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of this largely overlooked aspect of the war, and the history of Northern Ireland more generally. This book is the first monograph-length political history of United States involvement in Northern Ireland, and is essential for students and scholars of Irish and American history, the Second World War, and political and diplomatic history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. 'Here to give Hitler hell: The arrival of the Americans

2. Stormont and managing the 'Occupation'

3. Politics, terrorism, sectarianism and the American presence

4. Welcome and unwelcome guests

5. The press and American presence

6. 'Johnny Doughboy found a rose in Ireland'

7. 'Dusky doughboys'

8. 'Developments in Northern Ireland': US diplomacy and Northern Ireland

9. 'Ulster had a hand in the first Independence Day': Ulster and America

10. Memorialisation

11. 'The grand illusion'

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350037625

1350037621

9781350037618

1350037613

9781350037601

1350037605

OCLC:

1291314005