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Ireland's helping hand to Europe : combatting hunger from Normandy to Tirana, 1945-1950 /

"Post-war Marshall Plan aid to Europe and indeed Ireland is well documented, but practically nothing is known about simultaneous Irish aid to Europe. This book provides a full record of the aid - mainly food but also clothes, blankets, medicines, etc. - that Ireland donated to continental Europ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Wiel, Jérôme aan, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Deciding and Organising Relief at Home
  • Chapter One. Handshake Debacle amidst Humanitarian Crisis
  • Chapter Two. 'A drop in the ocean': The Decision to send Relief
  • Chapter Three. Reaction and Organisation
  • Chapter Four. Archbishop McQuaid to the Rescue
  • Chapter Five. 1946: Extending Postwar Relief
  • Chapter Six. End of Relief
  • Part II Distributing Irish Supplies Abroad
  • Introduction: relief in the unfolding Cold War
  • Chapter Seven. Irish Aid to Western Europe
  • Chapter Eight Cooperation with the International Red Cross in Geneva
  • Chapter Nine. The Western Allied-Occupied Zones in Germany
  • Chapter Ten. Berlin, the Soviet-Occupied Zone, and Eastern Expellees
  • Chapter Eleven. Ireland's Aid to Central Europe: Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland
  • Chapter Twelve. Hungary
  • Chapter Thirteen. Ireland's Aid to the Balkans: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania
  • Chapter Fourteen. Yugoslavia
  • Chapter Fifteen. Thanking Ireland
  • Conclusion
  • Photos
  • List of frequently used abbreviations
  • Bibliography and sources
  • Index