IRELAND IN WORLD WAR TWO: DIPLOMACY AND SURVIVAL; ED. BY DERMOT KEOGH...ET AL

by Dermot Keogh

This collection gathers new archival research on the multifaceted nature of Irish neutrality during World War Two. The thesis underlying the collection is that even if Ireland was militarily neutrality it was fundamentally impacted by the global conflict. It did not simply lie passively in a secluded 'Plato's cave'. Indeed Ireland materially contributed to the Allied war effort in many covert ways, while steadfastly maintaining an overt neutral stance. The successful prosecution of neutrality required a calibrated approach to meeting the needs of the belligerents to such an extent that...

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