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Spying on Ireland : British intelligence and Irish neutrality during the Second World War /

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Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security. Exploring how British agencies identified and addressed these problems, Eunan O'Halpin casts light on the significance of both espionage and cooperation between agencies for developing wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Halpin, Eunan
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain.
Espionage > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Neutrality > Ireland.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Irlande.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Service secret > Grande-Bretagne.
Espionnage > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Neutralité > Irlande.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Espionage
Neutrality
Secret service
Great Britain
Ireland
Underrättelseverksamhet > historia > Storbritannien > 1939-1945 (andra världskriget)
Spionage > historia > Irland (republiken) > 1939-1945 (andra världskriget)
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of tables; Abbreviations and acronyms; Biographical notes of key figures; 1. Britain's Irish security problem, 1922-1939; 2. Phoney war, phoney spies: September 1939-April 1940; 3. Invasion fears: May 1940-June 1941; 4. From Barbarossa to Torch: July 1941-December 1942; 5. Preparation for Overlord: January-December 1943; 6. Anomalous, benighted backwater: January 1944 to the late 1940s; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.