Eunan O'Halpin

Spying on Ireland

British Intelligence and Irish Neutrality During the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security. Exploring how British agencies identified and addressed these problems, Eunan O'Halpin casts fresh light on the significance of both espionage and cooperation between agencies for developing wider relations between the two countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199253296
• ISBN-10: 0199253293
• Artikelnr.: 23593359

Autorenporträt

Eunan O'Halpin is the Bank of Ireland Chair of Contemporary History at Trinity College, Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Tables
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Biographical Notes
1: Britain's Irish security problem, 1922-1939
2: Phoney war, phoney spies: September 1939-April 1940
3: Invasion fears: May 1940-June 1941
4: From Barbarossa to Torch: July 1941-December 1942
5: Preparation for Overlord: January-December 1943
6: Anomalous, benighted, backwater: January 1944 to the late 1940s
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index