Ireland, West Germany and the New Europe, 1949-73 : Best Friend and Ally? /
This groundbreaking book is an indispensable contribution to appreciating the dilemmas facing Ireland in the 'age of Brexit'. Encompassing an exhaustive account, it traces the relationship between Ireland and FRG by drawing on original material from both. It critiques depictions of Irish-G...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; 1 Ireland and Germany before 1949; Pre-independence1; Interwar; Neutrality, 1939â#x80;#x93;45; Post-war; Notes; 2 Honeymoon; Recognition and diplomatic relations; German goodwill; German gratitude; Sports and cultural diplomacy; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Emerging dissonance; Westpolitik, 1951â#x80;#x93;55; The contrast; The equivalency thesis; Anglo-Irish relations, neutrality and NATO; Perceptions of the Irish state and nation; German criticisms; Notes.
- 4 Trade and agriculture in the 1950sAnglo-Irish trade; Reopening trade, 1949; Rising tensions, 1949â#x80;#x93;55; Bargaining shortcomings; Desperate measures; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Irish industrialisation and the German â#x80;#x98;economic miracleâ#x80;#x99;; Neglected opportunities?; Unwelcoming; Faber-Castell; Second Inter-Party Government, 1954â#x80;#x93;57; A sensation; Unfulfilled promise, 1955â#x80;#x93;56; Accumulating change, 1957â#x80;#x93;59; Travel and tourism; Watershed; Aikenâ#x80;#x99;s visit; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Germany, Lemass and foreign policy adaptation.
- Â#x80;#x98;Badly needed challengeâ#x80;#x99; to Ireland, but Ireland can respond, 1959â#x80;#x93;601Adapting to European foreign preferences; Brentanoâ#x80;#x99;s visit; Notes; 7 Germany and Irelandâ#x80;#x99;s application to the EEC, 1961â#x80;#x93;63; A false start; Qualified support; The Adenauer and Erhard equation; A trial balloon?; Progress; â#x80;#x98;Best friend and allyâ#x80;#x99;; Conclusion; Notes; 8 The long road into Europe; EEC application, 1963â#x80;#x93;65; Investment and trade, 1963â#x80;#x93;66; Another veto; The Gaullist impediment; Home run; Notes; 9 Land wars, Nazis and the Troubles; Land wars; Nazi histories; The 1965 Land Act.
- Â#x80;#x98;Fire over Irelandâ#x80;#x99;65The EEC dimension; Troubling times; Notes; Epilogue: Ireland, German reunification and remaking Europe; Made in Germany; East Germany; Unifying Germany and Europe, 1989â#x80;#x93;90; Irishâ#x80;#x93;German relations, 1990â#x80;#x93;2016; Notes; Select bibliography; Institutional archives and public records; AuswÃÞrtiges Amt-Politisches Archiv (AA-PA), Berlin (Archives of German Foreign Office); Bundesarchiv, Koblenz; Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Sankt Augustin; National Archives of Ireland (NAI); The National Archives, Kew Gardens, London (TNA); National Library of Ireland (NLI); Newspapers.
- Online resourcesPublished sources; Documents on Irish foreign policy; Books and articles; Unpublished theses; Index.
