In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster, and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-1945

598 Pages·1983·102.665 MB·English

by  Robert Fisk

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IN TIME OF WAR
By the same author
The Point ofNo Return: the Strike which
Broke the British in Vlster
Robert Fisk
In Time War
of
Ireland, Ulster and the price of
neutrality 1939-45
®
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1983
First published in the United States by the
University ofPennsylvania Press, 1983
First published in the United Kingdom by
Andre Deutsch Limited, 1983
©
Copyright by Robert Fisk
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Robert Hartnoll Limited, Bodmin, Cornwall
Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Fisk, Robert.
In time ofwar.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history.
2. Ireland - Foreign relations - Great Britain. 3. Great
Britain - Foreign relations - Ireland. 4. Ireland -
Neutrality - History. 5. World War, 1939-1945 - Secret
service - Germany. 6. Espionage, German - Ireland -
History - 20th century. 7. De Valera, Eamonn, 1882-1975.
I. Title.
D754. I6F57 1983 940.53^ 83-3627
ISBN 0-8122-7888-7 (case)
FOR LOUIS HEREN
who understood why I wanted
to return to Ireland

Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xw
1 The Sentinel Towers 1
2 A Certain Consideration 41
3 The Weapons of Coercion 89
4 Any Sort of Stick to Beat Eire 110
5 Within the War Zone 134
6 An Offer of Unity and the Rule of 'Equal Hold
7 Operation 'Green' and the 'W' Plan 1S9
8 The Neutral Island in the Heart of Man 240
9 The 'Natural' Ally 287
10 Today I Spoke of Liam Lynch . . . 32S
11 Plato's Cave 352
12 A Pied a Terre in Ireland 386
13 Many Fires Were Started ... 410
14 Consonant with the Law of God 439
15 Phrases Make History 455
16 Mr de Valera Got Away with It 469
. . .
Epilogue 480
Appendix 483
I
Appendix II 486
Notes 487
Select Bibliography 543
Index 547