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Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington and Eamon De Valera - A Memoir
Robert Brennan
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Two memoirs written in the late 1950s by Robert Brennan, a republican activist in the early years of the twentieth century, journalist and close associate of Eamon de Valera. "Ireland Standing Firm" is a frank and pungent account of Robert Brennan's time as Irish Minister (in effect Irish Ambassador) in Washington immediately before and during the World War II. Brennan provides an account of his efforts in defending Irish neutrality and his meetings with leading American officials and politicians, including Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the second memoir, Brennan describes his close association with Eamon de Valera from their first meeting ... Read more
Two memoirs written in the late 1950s by Robert Brennan, a republican activist in the early years of the twentieth century, journalist and close associate of Eamon de Valera. "Ireland Standing Firm" is a frank and pungent account of Robert Brennan's time as Irish Minister (in effect Irish Ambassador) in Washington immediately before and during the World War II. Brennan provides an account of his efforts in defending Irish neutrality and his meetings with leading American officials and politicians, including Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the second memoir, Brennan describes his close association with Eamon de Valera from their first meeting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781900621687
SKU
V9781900621687
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Reviews for Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington and Eamon De Valera - A Memoir
"give a fascinating insight into 20th century politics in Ireland from a man who was always close to the centre." Bookview Ireland Feb 2002 "marvellous material and all too brief." Books Ireland March 2002 "His memoirs show that we indeed owe him much." Books Ireland April 2002 "From UCD Press comes another little gem ... Read more