Dwyer, T. Ryle.

Behind the green curtain – Ireland’s phoney neutrality during World War II.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2009. 24 cm. x, 414 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Irish diplomats spied for the United States during the course of the war. Irish diplomats in Europe carried messages and supplied information to the OSS – the predecessor of the CIA – with the full knowledge and consent of de Valera. Behind the Green Curtain is a comprehensive account of Irish neutrality, focusing strongly on the American – and to a lesser extent the Canadian – connection. It confirms beyond any doubt that Ireland made a positive and partisan contribution to the allied war effort. Neutrality has become a shibboleth of modern Irish politics. Behind the Green Curtain explodes the myth behind that shibboleth in the most decisive way. From the reviews: “Excellent and probably definitive account of Irish neutrality during the Second World War.” Kevin Myers, Irish Independent “With his brilliantly researched book, Dwyer confirms his status as a walking encyclopaedia of Irish history…as a work of scholarship, Behind the Green Curtain is nothing less than superb”. (Source: Andrew Lynch, Sunday Business Post)

• Keywords: 1922- · 1922-1949 · 20th century · Catalogue Irish History Four – Irish Postwar History & Administration · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Collection Tadhg Ó Murchú (This is a book from his personal reference library) · Espionage · Foreign relations · From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu · History · History of Irish Politics · Ireland · Irish Biographies · Irish Biography · Irish History · Irish Political History · Irish Politics · Neutrality · Politics and government · World War, 1939-1945
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780717146383
• Inventory Number: 101134AB

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