Ireland in World War Two: Neutrality and the Art of Survival by Dermot Keogh,Mervyn O'Driscoll

By Dermot Keogh,Mervyn O'Driscoll

A needs to for an individual drawn to Irish politics and the second one global War.Co-edited by means of the Professor of background at college collage Cork, Dr Dermot Keogh, and lecturer in smooth heritage at collage university Cork, Dr Mervyn O'Driscoll.Ireland in global battle offers with the interval from 1919 to 1945, protecting such parts as:Defence and the hot Irish kingdom; Finance and the economic climate; German Espionage in eire; Con Cremin in Berlin; family Politics; The Belfast Blitz; the Irish Volunteers; and New instructions in Research.Contributors include:T. Ryle Dwyer, Donal Ó Drisceoil, Andrew McCarthy, Geoffrey Roberts, Dermot Keogh, Mervyn O'Driscoll and Emma Cunningham.

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