Documents on Irish foreign policy  v. 1 ~ v. 8

editors, Ronan Fanning ... [et al.]

Nazi gold, fugitive war criminals, the threat of nuclear war and the growing global dominance of Communism - issues dealt with by Irish diplomats in the years immediately after the end of the Second World War are central themes in the latest volume of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy. Previously thought to be years of vacuum and general isolation, the immediate post-war years saw Ireland engage with a wide range of multilateral organisations, open new diplomatic missions and repair relations with states, in particular the United States and Britain, which had suffered during the Second World War.

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Never before have the actual documents been published that reveal how Eamon de Valera and a small group of Irish diplomats sought to protect Ireland during the Second World War. "DIFP Volume VI" shows in readable and gripping detail how Irish diplomats established and executed the state's neutrality in wartime Europe. Though Britain had tried to force Ireland to relinquish her neutrality through the winter of 1939, it was following the Nazi invasion of France in May 1940 that the first, and most important, crisis to face Ireland during the Second World War erupted. An invasion of Ireland by Germany was thought a real possibility during the summer of 1940; the threat of invasion by Britain was felt to be as likely."DIFP VI" explains how de Valera and his colleagues stood up to pressure to enter the war from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill while at the same time Dublin began to develop Ireland's 'pro-Allied neutrality'. The volume publishes, for the first time, complete transcripts of the British-Irish defence co-operation talks that took place in late May 1940. It includes full reports on the progress of the war in Europe from Irish diplomats in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome and Washington and covers such areas as the Russo-Finnish Winter War, the invasion and fall of France, the invasion of Norway, Churchill's rise to power, the Blitz, daily life in Berlin during World War Two and Luftwaffe attacks on Ireland. Most importantly, it reveals in detail hitherto unknown, the increasingly complex and highly-charged nature of wartime British-Irish relations. The volume is the most comprehensive account ever published of Ireland's foreign policy during the first years of the Second World War.

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The third volume in the "Documents on Irish Foreign Policy" series, reveals how through the League of Nations, the Commonwealth and a small network of overseas missions the Department of External Affairs protected Ireland's international interests in the increasingly unstable world system of the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Elected in 1930 to the Council of the League of Nations (the equivalent of today's UN Security Council) Irish diplomats faced grave problems across the globe. Through the Council Irish foreign policy developed a truly international perspective, far beyond the concerns of Anglo-Irish relations which had long dominated Ireland's external affairs. Anglo-Irish relations were strained in the 1920s as successive Ministers for External Affairs, FitzGerald, O'Higgins and McGilligan and President W.T. Cosgrave sought to develop Ireland's independence by stripping the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty back to its basic articles.The result was a widespread reform of Dominion status in which the Irish increasingly took the initiative through the Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930. By 1932, when Cosgrave's Cumann na nGaedheal government left office, Ireland was in full control of her internal and external affairs and the British Empire had given way to the Commonwealth. Volume III explores the varied means by which Irish politicians and diplomats sought to secure Ireland's place amongst the nations. The volume examines the visit of Cosgrave to the United States and Canada in January 1928, the first overseas visit by an Irish Prime Minister. It also looks at Irish relations with the Holy See in the run-up to the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, the views of Irish diplomats on the collapse of Weimar Germany and problems such as selling Ireland as a tourist destination in the United States and the development of trade with Europe.The other issues covered include how much state hospitality should be afforded in Dublin to visiting dignitaries and the use by Irish diplomats of new technologies, such as cinema newsreels and talkie films to bring to a world audience the message that Ireland was an independent state that sought peace and prosperity across the international system. Ireland had an active foreign policy in the years surrounding the Great Depression. The story of this critical period in world history as it affected Ireland and as seen by Irish diplomats has never before been told. "DIFP Volume III" tells that story through the confidential telegrams, secret despatches and personal letters of this small group of men and women.

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This is the first detailed account of the Irish government's policy towards the Boundary Commission, which was to define the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. The volume also chronicles the first steps taken by the Irish Free State on the international stage, its admission to the League of Nations, the appointment of T.A. Smiddy as Minister Plenipotentiary to the U.S., the development of Irish-American relations and the fraught negotiations surrounding the Boundary Commission and its collapse.

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This volume contains 625 original documents, many never seen before, from the archives of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, covering the key concerns of Second World War Irish foreign policy. The book shows that, far from Ireland being isolated from the war, the Irish diplomatic service had an up-to-date understanding of the conflict. Documents on Irish Foreign Policy VII (1941-45) provides new insights into the secret diplomacy underpinning Ireland's wartime neutrality. It covers the 'Top Secret Second World War' liaison between the Irish and US/British intelligence services. It also illustrates the co-operation between the Department of External Affairs and the Defense Forces in the maintenance of Ireland's neutrality. The book includes previously unpublished confidential telegrams and reports from Irish diplomats in wartime Berlin, Vichy, Rome, Ottawa, London, and Washington. It provides an original documentary account of Irish attempts to save Jews from Nazi concentration camps, as well as previously unseen documents on Irish attitudes to the post-war rebuilding of Europe and the development of the United Nations. Additionally, it contains new information on Irish attitudes towards the origins of the Cold War and the Communist threat to Europe.

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This volume takes as its starting point, the formation of Ireland's first Fianna Fail administration, led by Eamon de Valera - who assumed a dual role as President of the Executive Council and Minister for External Affairs. As a result of the importance attached by de Valera to the External Affairs portfolio, the department grew in both status and power, within the Irish administrative system. Officials at the department were keen to grasp the opportunities offered, for developing policy, under their new minister. Individuals such as Joseph P. Walshe (Secretary of the DEA) and John W. Dulanty (Irish High Commissioner in London) were each given latitude in the tactical execution of policy and Walshe in particular developed a close professional and personal relationship with de Valera. From the outset, Irish diplomats played a pivotal role in the implementation of de Valera's vision of rewriting and ultimately abolishing many aspects of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. The period covered by this volume proved to be an eventful one in terms of Ireland's developing foreign policy. De Valera and his officials at the Department for External Affairs soon set about restructuring the framework of British-Irish relations and dismantling the 1921 Treaty. Legislation facilitating the abolition of the oath of allegiance was introduced in Dail Eireann, land annuity payments due to Britain were withheld, the office of Governor General was downgraded, King Edward VII died, his successor abdicated and two External Relations Acts were passed by the Dail. By the end of 1936, there had been almost five years of continuous and comprehensive redefinition of British-Irish relations. Although British-Irish relations were the most important aspect of Irish Foreign Policy in the 1930s, Ireland's relationship with its nearest neighbour was not the sole concern of politicians and diplomats. The imposition of British retaliatory tariffs, following the retention of the annuity payments, led Irish officials to look abroad in search of alternative international markets for the country's exports. This outward looking approach was also clearly evident at the League of Nations in Geneva. During the 1930s, Ireland enjoyed a period of unparalleled involvement on the wider international stage, through membership of the League of Nations. Ireland's position on the League Council, the Irish Presidency of the same council, de Valera's addresses to the League Assembly and Sean Lester's service as the League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig and mediator in international disputes greatly increased the country's international profile and earned international respect. Elsewhere, diplomatic links with Europe and the USA continued to be fostered and, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, an Irish Legation opened in Madrid. Predominance is given in this volume to documents that chart the complex reorientation of the relationship between Ireland and Britain. This reflects the primary emphasis of Irish Foreign Policy during the period. Many documents relating to Ireland's role at the League of Nations have also been included. With diplomats stationed in Berlin, Paris and Vatican City, the Department of External Affairs was kept well informed of the developments on the continent. Many documents charting the course of European events in the run up to the second world war survive and are published here.

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Volume V in the "DIFP" series chronicles the development and execution of Irish foreign policy in the last years of peace and the lead up to the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939. The volume explains in unrivalled detail the important developments in British-Irish relations in 1937 that led to the April 1938 Anglo-Irish Agreement over trade, finance and defence, which allowed Ireland to remain neutral in World War Two. While British-Irish relations are the most important theme covered in DIFP V, the volume also shows how in the aftermath of the 1938 Agreement Ireland moved from supporting the League of Nations as the League declined in importance in the later 1930s and prepared to implement wartime neutrality.The Irish legation in Berlin was destroyed during an RAF bombing raid in 1943 and the Department of External Affairs in May 1940 destroyed many papers relating to Irish-German relations, fearing that Ireland would soon be invaded by Germany. "DIFP V" has utilised the remaining sources to provide as comprehensive a picture as possible of Irish relations with Hitler's Germany in the late 1930s. The volume examines the destruction of documents by the Department of External Affairs in 1940 and provides the first comprehensive listing of material known to have been destroyed in the invasion scare.A significant portion of the volume is given over to a comprehensive account of Ireland's policy towards the Spanish civil war, including the question of whether to recognize Franco's government before the end of the civil war and how to safeguard the life of Irishman Frank Ryan, an IRA man fighting with the International Brigade, captured, jailed and sentenced to death in Spain by the Nationalists. The volume contains confidential reports and deciphered code telegram from the Irish legations in Washington, London, Paris, Geneva, Berlin and the Holy See to Dublin, including newly declassified material recently discovered in the Irish Embassy in London. "DIFP V" is essential for anyone interested in Irish history and Irish foreign policy and in a wider context the response of small states to the clash between democracy and fascism that led to the Second World War.

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The volume includes a comprehensive account of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations and previously unseen letters from Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera and others; confidential despatches and political reports from Irish diplomats in continental Europe and America including the fundraising activities of Eamon de Valera and Harry Boland in America and the Irish appeal to the Paris Peace Conference for recognition in 1919.

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この本の情報

書名 Documents on Irish foreign policy
著作者等 Fanning, Ronan
Ireland. Dept. of Foreign Affairs
Royal Irish Academy
Crowe Caitriona
Crowe Catriona
Kennedy Michael (Michael J.)
Keogh Dermot
O'Halpin Eunan
etc.
巻冊次 v. 1
v. 2
v. 3
v. 4
v. 5
v. 6
v. 7
v. 8
出版元 Royal Irish Academy
刊行年月 1998-
ページ数 v.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 1874045836
1874045968
1904890032
1874045631
9781904890515
9781904890638
9781908996039
9781904890218
NCID BA73452517
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言語 英語
出版国 アイルランド
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