O’Halpin, Eunan
Defending Ireland: The Irish State and its Enemies since 1922
The book also examines the clandestine intelligence activities of belligerent powers during the Second World War, documenting the growth of the state's close wartime security understandings with the Allied powers, and the evolution of Cold War links with MI5 and the CIA. It investigates the evolution of post-war defence policy, and the activities of the defence forces in relation to the Northern Ireland crisis, as well as in their primary tasks of defending the state from external aggression and of contributing to UN peace-keeping operations. Dr O'Halpin highlights continuities as well as innovations in state security policy as the obligations and opportunities of European Union membership grate more and more against the absolutist rhetoric of neutrality. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the development of the Irish state in the twentieth century.
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- Author(s)
- O’Halpin, Eunan
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 398 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 0-19-924269-0