British Spies and Irish Rebels

by McMahon, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781843833765
• ISBN10: 184383376X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-19
• Publisher: Boydell Pr

Summary

The turbulent history of English/Irish intelligence reinterpreted, using documents now available for the first time.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Irish Revolution, 1916-23
Losing Southern Ireland	p. 12
Alarms, Excursions and Civil War	p. 55
An International Conspiracy	p. 97
Security and Sectarianism in Northern Ireland	p. 134
The Restless Dominion, 1923-39
British Images of Ireland	p. 162
The Cosgrave Years	p. 175
The de Valera Challenge	p. 215
England's Back Door	p. 240
War and Neutrality, 1939-45
The Irish Fifth Column	p. 284
Operational Intelligence	p. 328
Debunking the Fifth Column	p. 343
Opinion and Propaganda	p. 370
Leakage of Information	p. 392
Coming to Terms with Irish Independence	p. 426
Notes	p. 439
Bibliography	p. 485
Index	p. 496
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