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Loading... Strained Relations: Ireland at Peace and the USA at War 1941-1945by T. Ryle Dwyer
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. While this book may appear a bit old now it is important to point out that it has been added to rather than surpassed by others. Dwyer's father served in the US Army during WW2 and Ireland's role during the years of The Emergency has been his main area of interest. The book is extremely well written and he has written a number of additional books on this topic in recent years. His interviews with US diplomats portray a highly different picture regarding the perception as to how Ireland's regime was seen in the US at this time compared to that portrayed by David Gray. They also portray an extremely difficult man to work with. The fact that a diplomat would put such credence into séances to influence his views is incredulous but that he had the support of FDR in doing so is all the more so. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Strained Relations is a substantial account of Irish-USA relations during the Second World War. Much of the material is based on previously classified documents, and on personal interviews with the Americans sent to Ireland as spies. The author explores the suspicion and occasional hostility with which the USA and Great Britain viewed this neutral but strategically important country. He discusses the contingency plans for the seizure of Irish ports, the attempt to discredit de Valera, as well as the novel forms of intelligence work engaged in by American diplomats. Contents: Preface; Neutrals at Odds; America Goes to War; Gray Advised by Ghosts; Just in Case; Getting Behind the Green Curtain; The Absent Treatment; American Spies in Ireland; Convenient Fiction for Allied Airmen; Ireland's Phoney Neutrality; The Irish Threat to Postwar Stability; Military did not want Irish Bases; The Truth Behind the American Note; Diplomatic Manoeuvrings; Amid the Press Hysteria; What they Knew; Towards a Troubled End; In the Final Days; Notes; Bibliography; Index R No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)327.415073Social sciences Political Science International Relations Europe British Isles IrelandLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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