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First of the Small Nations: The Beginnings of Irish Foreign Policy in Inter-War Europe, 1919-1932 (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Gerard Keown
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Description for First of the Small Nations: The Beginnings of Irish Foreign Policy in Inter-War Europe, 1919-1932 (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
First of the Small Nations traces the ideas and aspirations of the revolutionary generation in Ireland from the 1890s to 1918 who dreamt of an independent Irish state and imagined how an Irish foreign policy might look. It follows attempts to put these ideas into practice during the campaign for independence and how they evolved into the first Irish foreign policy in the decade after independence. During these years, efforts were focused on asserting the young Irish state's independence as it pushed out the boundaries of Commonwealth membership, made a contribution at the League of Nations, and forged ties in ... Read more
First of the Small Nations traces the ideas and aspirations of the revolutionary generation in Ireland from the 1890s to 1918 who dreamt of an independent Irish state and imagined how an Irish foreign policy might look. It follows attempts to put these ideas into practice during the campaign for independence and how they evolved into the first Irish foreign policy in the decade after independence. During these years, efforts were focused on asserting the young Irish state's independence as it pushed out the boundaries of Commonwealth membership, made a contribution at the League of Nations, and forged ties in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Historical Monographs
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198745129
SKU
V9780198745129
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About Gerard Keown
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 ... Read more
Reviews for First of the Small Nations: The Beginnings of Irish Foreign Policy in Inter-War Europe, 1919-1932 (Oxford Historical Monographs)
the first overview of foreign relations in the early years of Ireland's independence ... Keown provides an excellent introduction explaining Ireland's historic international connections.
Francis M. Carroll, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
new perspectives are what makes this book stand out from previous accounts ... He [Keown] spots the nuances of the diplomatic world that others might miss ... Read more
Francis M. Carroll, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
new perspectives are what makes this book stand out from previous accounts ... He [Keown] spots the nuances of the diplomatic world that others might miss ... Read more