Gill & Macmillan, Date: 2009 8vo, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket, (414pp), Some Very Light Edge Wear to Jacket, Overall, A Very Good Copy in Likewise Dust Jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2009. Gill & Macmillan ISBN 0717146383 9780717146383 [GB]

ISBN10: 0717146383, ISBN13: 9780717146383, [publisher: Dublin, Gill & Macmillan.] Hardcover 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) Sprache: english.
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