Garner Friends and enemies

The Allies and neutral Ireland in the Second World War
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5730-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garner, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 Agreements Made, Pledges Broken: Europe in the 1930s
2 Neutral States in a World at War, September 1939 through May 1940
3 ‘Unstoppable’ Germany, ‘Unbeatable’ Britain, June through December 1940
4 In Pursuit of America’s Friendship, January through June 1941
5 British Friend, Irish Foe, July through December 1941
6 Efforts to ‘Break the Backbone’ of Irish Neutrality, January 1942 through December 1943
7 Eire, Neutral to the Bitter End, January 1944 through June 1945
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Garner Karen:
Karen Garner is Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Empire State College in Latham, New YorkKaren Garner is Professor of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State University. She is a Fulbright Scholar and author of five academic books including Shaping a Global Women's Agenda: Women's NGOs and Global Governance, 1925-85, published by MUP in 2010