Defending Ireland : the Irish state and its enemies since 1922 /
By: O'Halpin, Eunan
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xvi, 382 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198204264 (hc.); 9780198204268:.Subject(s): National security -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Defenses -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Foreign relations -- 1922-![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-363) and index.
The state and civil war, 1921-1923 -- The civilianization of internal security, 1923-1932 -- Ireland's defence dilemma, 1923-1932 -- Internal security and external defence, 1932-1939 -- External defence and security, 1939-1945 -- Security operations and covert activities, 1939-1945 -- Ireland in the post-war world, 1945-1969 -- Unresolved questions: defence, security, and subversion since 1969 -- Conclusion.
This text draws together the various strands of Irish national security policy and practice in a single chronological study. It analyzes the emergence of a complex external security policy, the commitment to military neutrality and independent defence.