03109nam 2200697 a 450 991079125870332120200520144314.00-7486-5141-10-7486-3001-510.1515/9780748630011(CKB)2560000000011191(EBL)537036(OCoLC)638860198(SSID)ssj0000413203(PQKBManifestationID)11271842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413203(PQKBWorkID)10370679(PQKB)11437783(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055515(MiAaPQ)EBC537036(Au-PeEL)EBL537036(CaPaEBR)ebr10391772(CaONFJC)MIL729340(DE-B1597)616790(DE-B1597)9780748630011(OCoLC)1302162857(PPN)149830521(EXLCZ)99256000000001119120100429d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritain, Ireland and the Second World War[electronic resource] /Ian S. WoodEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20101 online resource (249 p.)Societies at warDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-98058-6 0-7486-2327-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 - The Origins of Eire's Neutrality; 2 - Eire's Emergency, Britain's War; 3 - Eire: Crisis and Survival; 4 - Security, Censorship and Propaganda; 5 - Fanatic Hearts: The IRA, 1939-45; 6 - Eire in the Emergency and the Irish in Britain; 7 - Northern Ireland at War; 8 - Emergency, War and their Aftermath; Bibliography; IndexFor Britain the Second World War exists in popular memory as a time of heroic sacrifice, survival and ultimate victory over Fascism. In the Irish state the years 1939-1945 are still remembered simply as 'the Emergency'. Eire was one of many small states which in 1939 chose not to stay out of the war but one of the few able to maintain its non-belligerency as a policy.How much this owed to Britain's military resolve or to the political skills of Éamon de Valera is a key question which this new book will explore. It will also examine the tensions Eire's policy created in its relations with WinstSocieties at war.World War, 1939-1945IrelandWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, IrishIrelandPolitics and government1922-1949Great BritainForeign relationsIrelandIrelandForeign relationsGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Participation, Irish.941.70822Wood Ian S1466338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791258703321Britain, Ireland and the Second World War3683546UNINA