Ireland and the Second World War: Politics, Society and Remembrance
- ISBN-10
- 1851824820
- ISBN-13
- 9781851824823
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Author
- Brian Girvin
Description
Though Ireland was officially neutral and the exact numbers are controversial, tens of thousands of Irish volunteered to join the British forces in World War II. In an Irish-born book originating in the oral history Volunteers Project at U. College Cork, ten essays provide insights on their contributions, the Anglo-Irish security liaison, domestic policies in Ireland north and south, post-war consequences of Irish involvement in the Allied cause (e.g. the permanent migration of Irish war industry workers to Britain), and historians' assessment of Ireland's wartime status. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
