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Author Wood, Ian S.

Title Britain, Ireland and the Second World War / Ian S. Wood.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Societies at war
Societies at war.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
Contents The origins of Éire's neutrality -- Éire's emergency, Britain's war -- Éire : crisis and survival -- Security, censorship and propaganda -- Fanatic hearts : the IRA, 1939-45 -- Éire in the emergency and the Irish in Britain -- Northern Ireland at war -- Emergency, war and their aftermath.
Summary Drawing upon both published and unpublished sources, this book illustrates the war's impact on people on both sides of the Irish border and shows how it failed to resolve sectarian problems in Northern Ireland while raising higher the barriers of misunderstanding between it and the Irish state across its border.
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Subject World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Irish.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949.
Ireland.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1922-1949
Subject Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland.
Great Britain.
International relations.
Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1939-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wood, Ian S. Britain, Ireland and the Second World War. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748623273 (DLC) 2010411241 (OCoLC)465366636
ISBN 9780748630011 (electronic book)
0748630015 (electronic book)
9780748623273 (hardback)
0748623272 (hardback)