Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: v. 7: 1941-1945 Volume VII, 1941-1945

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

• ISBN13: 9781904890638
• ISBN10: 1904890636
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy

Summary

This volume contains 625 original documents, many never seen before, from the archives of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, covering the key concerns of Second World War Irish foreign policy. The book shows that, far from Ireland being isolated from the war, the Irish diplomatic service had an up-to-date understanding of the conflict. Documents on Irish Foreign Policy VII (1941-45) provides new insights into the secret diplomacy underpinning Ireland's wartime neutrality. It covers the 'Top Secret Second World War' liaison between the Irish and US/British intelligence services. It also illustrates the co-operation between the Department of External Affairs and the Defense Forces in the maintenance of Ireland's neutrality. The book includes previously unpublished confidential telegrams and reports from Irish diplomats in wartime Berlin, Vichy, Rome, Ottawa, London, and Washington. It provides an original documentary account of Irish attempts to save Jews from Nazi concentration ca

Author Biography

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.

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.

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.

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