That Neutral Island - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook That Neutral Island write by Clair Wills. This book was released on 2007. That Neutral Island available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Where previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island mines deeper layers of experience. Stories, letters, and diaries illuminate this small country as it suffered rationing, censorship, the threat of invasion, and a strange detachment from the war.
Behind the Green Curtain
Behind the Green Curtain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind the Green Curtain write by T. Ryle Dwyer. This book was released on 2010-09-03. Behind the Green Curtain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Behind the Green Curtain goes beyond any previous book in examining the myth of Irish wartime neutrality.
Ireland During the Second World War
Ireland During the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ireland During the Second World War write by Ian S. Wood. This book was released on 2002. Ireland During the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The claustrophobic years of the Second World War were a crucial watershed for neutral Ireland and the Irish. Neutrality was the key to Irish Prime Minister de Valera's foreign and domestic policy. Enforced economic hardship and isolation were seen by many as a blessing in disguise, hastening the new states coming of age. Many long lasting developments, such as the creation of a Central Bank signaled the beginning of the end of economic dependence on Britain. Neutrality ensured Britain, and more specifically Churchill, viewed Ireland with suspicion and barely concealed anger. Threats and inducements were used to persuade Ireland to allow the reoccupation of the Treaty Ports. Fear of IRA activity lead to increasingly draconian legislation. German spies were rumored to be forging links with an increasingly well-armed and militant IRA. Increased tension between Northern Ireland and the bombings of Belfast and Dublin raised questions about the viability of Ireland Neutrality.
Spying on Ireland
Spying on Ireland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spying on Ireland write by Eunan O'Halpin. This book was released on 2008-04-17. Spying on Ireland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security. Exploring how British agencies identified and addressed these problems, this book reveals how Britain simultaneously planned sabotage in and spied on Ireland, and at times sought to damage the neutral state's reputation internationally through black propaganda operations. It analyses the extent of British knowledge of Axis and other diplomatic missions in Ireland, and shows the crucial role of diplomatic code-breaking in shaping British policy. The book also underlines just how much Ireland both interested and irritated Churchill throughout the war. Rather than viewing this as a uniquely Anglo-Irish experience, Eunan O'Halpin argues that British activities concerning Ireland should be placed in the wider context of intelligence and security problems that Britain faced in other neutral states, particularly Afghanistan and Persia. Taking a comparative approach, he illuminates how Britain dealt with challenges in these countries through a combination of diplomacy, covert gathering of intelligence, propaganda, and intimidation. The British perspective on issues in Ireland becomes far clearer when discussed in terms of similar problems Britain faced with neutral states worldwide. Drawing heavily on British and American intelligence records, many disclosed here for the first time, Eunan O'Halpin presents the first country study of British intelligence to describe and analyse the impact of all the secret agencies during the war. He casts fresh light on British activities in Ireland, and on the significance of both espionage and cooperation between intelligence agencies for developing wider relations between the two countries.
Ireland and the Second World War
Ireland and the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ireland and the Second World War write by Brian Girvin. This book was released on 2000. Ireland and the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume of essays on the social, political and military history of Ireland during the Second World War explores the Irish contribution to the Allied cause, in particular the role and experience of Irish men and women who served in the British armed forces during the war. Also covered is the history of Northern Ireland during the war period, as are apsects of the post-war historiography of Irish involvement in the Allied struggle.
