num_pages: 565
description: When the Union Jack was hauled down over the Atlantic naval ports of Cobh, Berehaven and Lough Swilly in 1939, the Irish were jubilant. But in London, Churchhill brooded on the 'incomprehensible' act of surrendering three of the Royal Navy's finest ports when Europe was about to go to war. Eighteen months later, Churchill was talking of military action against Ireland. He demanded the return of the ports and the Irish made ready to defend their country against British, as well as German invasion. In Northern Ireland, a Unionist Government vainly tried to introduce conscription. Along the west coast British submarines prowled the seas searching for German U-boats sheltering in the bays; British agents toured the villages of Donegal in search of fifth columnists, while their German counterparts tried to make contact with the IRA. This is a fascinating study of Ireland during the Second World War. "Anybody interested in Irish affairs will have to get Fisk's book." - "Literary Review".
language: English
title: In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster, and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-1945
titlecomplete: In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster, and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-1945
characters: Malcolm MacDonald, Adolf Hitler, Eduard Hempel, Joseph Walshe, J. M. Andrews, W. T. Cosgrave, James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, James Dillon, John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby, Wilfrid Spender, Richard Mulcahy, John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott, Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Dan Bryan, Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, Éamon de Valera, Gerald Boland, Frank Aiken
genres: History, World War II, Ireland, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 61
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press