First of the Small Nations - The Beginnings of Irish Foreign Policy in Inter War Years, 1919 1932

Zusatztext The work adds further to the historiographical view that the history of Irish foreign policy is also the history of the Irish state and that Ireland was much more than an introverted, isolated, nationalist-focused state in the inter-war period. Informationen zum Autor Gerard Keown is an Irish diplomat and currently ambassador to Poland. He has a research interest in the first decades of Ireland's foreign policy and helped to establish the Documents in Irish Foreign Policy series. He has published a number of articles on Irish foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s. He has previously worked in Japan, Austria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and on the Northern Ireland peace process, EU foreign policy, and disarmament issues. He is a graduate of New College, Oxford. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive account of the beginnings of Irish foreign policy as Ireland asserted its independence by pushing the boundaries of Commonwealth membership, contributed at the League of Nations, and forged ties in Europe and America, led by a desire to escape from the shadow of British rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Beginnings 1: The Story of Ireland in the World 2: 'Apostles of Liberty': The Irish Republic's Quest for Recognition, 1919-1921 3: 'Director for International Bluff': Imagining a Role for Ireland on the World Stage 4: A State-in-Waiting: Foreign Policy under the Provisional Government in 1922 5: 'The Irish Harp in the Orchestra of Nations': First Steps on the International Stage, 1923-1924 6: The Free State and the Search for European Security, 1925-1926 7: 'Pious Hopes and Equally Pious Regrets': 1927-1929 8: 'A Policy of World Peace and World Economic Development': 1930-1932 Conclusion: First of the Small Nations?

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• Authors: Gerard Keown, Gerard (Irish Ambassador to Poland Keown, Keown Gerard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9780198745129
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874512-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Internationale Beziehungen, Irland, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, International institutions, United Nations & Un Agencies