Ireland'S Helping Hand to Europe - Combatting Hunger from Normandy to Tirana, 1945-1950 (Hardcover)

Post-war Marshall Plan aid to Europe and indeed Ireland is well documented, but practically nothing is known about simultaneous Irish aid to Europe. This book provides a full record of the aid - mainly food but also clothes, blankets, medicines, etc. - that Ireland donated to continental Europe, including France, the Netherlands, Hungary, the Balkans, Italy, and zones of occupied Germany. Starting with Ireland's neutral wartime record, often wrongly presented as pro-German when Ireland in fact unofficially favoured the western Allies, Jerome aan de Wiel explains why Eamon de Valera's government sent humanitarian aid to the devastated continent. His book analyses the logistics of collection and distribution of supplies sent abroad as far as the Greek islands. Despite some alleged Cold-War hijacking of Irish relief - and this humanitarianism was not above the politics of that East-West confrontation - it became mostly a story of hope, generosity and European Christian solidarity. Rich archival records from Ireland and the European beneficiary countries, as well as contemporary local and national newspapers across Europe, allow the author to measure and describe not only the official but also the popular response to Irish relief schemes. This work is illustrated with contemporary photographs and some key graphs and tables that show the extent of the aid programme.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Jerome Wiel (Lecturer)
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	572
ISBN-13:	978-963-386-409-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	963-386-409-7
Barcode:	9789633864098

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