Britain, Ireland and the Second World War /

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For 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Ian S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Series:Societies at war.
Subjects:
1922-1949
Geschichte 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Irish.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Irlande.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Diplomatic relations
Military participation > Irish
Politics and government
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Ireland > Politics and government > 1922-1949.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Ireland.
Ireland > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Irlande > Politique et gouvernement > 1922-1949.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Irlande.
Irlande > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain
Ireland
Großbritannien
Irland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of Éire's neutrality
  • Éire's emergency, Britain's war
  • Éire : crisis and survival
  • Security, censorship and propaganda
  • Fanatic hearts : the IRA, 1939-45
  • Éire in the emergency and the Irish in Britain
  • Northern Ireland at war
  • Emergency, war and their aftermath.

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