Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: v. 6: 1939-1941 Volume VI, 1939-1941

by Kennedy, Michael; Keogh, Dermot; O'Halpin, Eunan; Fanning, Ronan; Crowe, Catriona

• ISBN13: 9781904890515
• ISBN10: 1904890512
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-26
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy

Summary

Volume VI in the hugely successful Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series explores Ireland's Second World War neutrality through secret wartime documents. The book shows, in readable and gripping detail, how Irish diplomats established and executed the State's neutrality in wartime Europe. Most importantly, it reveals in detail hitherto unknown, the increasingly complex and highly-charged nature of wartime British-Irish relations. The volume is the most comprehensive account ever published of Ireland's foreign policy during the first years of the Second World War. Published, for the first time, are complete transcripts of the British-Irish defense co-operation talks that took place in late May 1940. It includes full reports on the progress of the war in Europe from Irish diplomats in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Washington. It also covers such areas as the Russo-Finnish Winter War, the invasion and fall of France, the invasion of Norway, Churchill's rise to power, the Blitz, daily life in Berlin during wartime, and Luftwaffe attacks on Ireland.

Author Biography

Dr Michael Kennedy has been the executive editor of the RIA's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series and head of the DIFP series since 1997.

Dermot Keogh MRIA is Professor of History at University College Cork and an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.

Eunan O'Halpin MRIA is the Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin. He is also an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.

Ronan Fanning MRIA was Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin. He was an editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series and a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy's National Committee for the Study of International Affairs. 

Catriona Crowe is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. She was Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland. She was Manager of the Irish Census Online Project, which has placed the 1901 and 1911 censuses online free of charge over the last 5 years. She was an Editor of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy.