Ireland in World War Two
Subtitle: diplomacy and survival
By: edited by Dermot Keogh, Mervyn O'Driscoll.
Contributors: Keogh, Dermot.; O'Driscoll, Mervyn.
Publisher: Mercier; Mercier Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Douglas Village, Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.; Neutrality -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Ireland -- Foreign relations.; Ireland -- History -- 1922-
Other titles: Ireland in World War II
Description: This collection gathers new archival research on the multifaceted nature of Irish neutrality during World War Two. The thesis underlying the collection is that even if Ireland was militarily neutrality it was fundamentally impacted by the global conflict. It did not simply lie passively in a secluded 'Plato's cave'. Indeed Ireland materially contributed to the Allied war effort in many covert ways, while steadfastly maintaining an overt neutral stance. The successful prosecution of neutrality required a calibrated approach to meeting the needs of the belligerents to such an extent that Ireland may be viewed by a few commentators as an 'unneutral neutral' in some respects. Irish neutrality was more concerned with retaining its newly won independence, consolidating the state and 'the nation',  and international acceptance of its sovereign right to remain neutral. Thus it dramatically differentiated itself from the United Kingdom in terms of public diplomacy. The book is divided into five thematic sessions which address:
1) Irish preparations for war in the late 1930s;
2) Practical complications in dealing with the belligerents including  coping with German espionage, Allied and Axis internees and German propaganda; 
3) Irish diplomacy at home and abroad;
4) Life, Politics and Society on the Irish 'Home Front';
5) Aspects of Anglo-Irish relations.
Notes: Includes select bibliography and index.
Cover and spine have subtitle: neutrality and survival.
Table of contents: title: Introduction - Historiography and Autobiography by Dermot Keogh
pagenum: 11; label: 1.
title: Defence and the New Irish State, 1919-1939 by Peter Young
pagenum: 21; label: 2.
title: Preparing Law for an Emergency, 1938-139 by Seosamh O Longaigh
pagenum: 36; label: 3.
title: Reacting to War: Finance and Economy by Andrew McCarthy
pagenum: 48; label: 4.
title: Emergency Law in Action by Seosamh O Longaigh
pagenum: 63; label: 5.
title: A Tale of German Espionage in Wartime Ireland by Mark M. Hull
pagenum: 81; label: 6.
title: Berlin's Irish Radio War by David O'Donoghue
pagenum: 93; label: 7.
title: Guests of the State by T. Ryle Dwyer
pagenum: 107; label: 8.
title: 'A most heavy and grievous burden': Joseph Walshe and the Establishment of Sustainable Neutrality, 1940 by Aengus Nolan
pagenum: 126; label: 9.
title: Ireland, Canada and the American Note by Emma Cunningham
pagenum: 144; label: 10.
title: Con Cremin, Berlin and 'Die Billige Gesandtschaft' by Niall Keogh
pagenum: 159; label: 11.
title: Keeping the Temperature Down: Domestic Politics in Emergency Ireland by Donal O Drisceoil
pagenum: 173; label: 12.
title: Ailtiri na hAiseirighe: A Party of its Times? by Aoife Ni Lochlainn
pagenum: 187; label: 13.
title: A Tale of Two Acts: Government and Trade Unions by Finbarr O'Shea
pagenum: 211; label: 14.
title: Vocationalism in Emergency Ireland by Don O'Leary
pagenum: 230; label: 15.
title: Blueprints from Britain: Irish Responses to Post-War Plans by Robert McNamara
pagenum: 244; label: 16.
title: The Belfast Blitz, 1941 by Jonathon Bardon
pagenum: 259; label: 17.
title: Neutrality, Identity and the Challenge of the 'Irish Volunteers' by Geoffrey Roberts
pagenum: 274; title: Concluding Thoughts by Mervyn O'Driscoll
pagenum: 285