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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gerard Keown (Irish ambassador to Poland, Irish ambassador to Poland, Embassy of Ireland)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780198745129ISBN 10: 0198745125 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 10 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beginnings 1: The Story of Ireland in the World 2: 'Apostles of Liberty': The Irish Republic's Quest for Recognition, 1919-1921 3: 'Director for International Bluff': Imagining a Role for Ireland on the World Stage 4: A State-in-Waiting: Foreign Policy under the Provisional Government in 1922 5: 'The Irish Harp in the Orchestra of Nations': First Steps on the International Stage, 1923-1924 6: The Free State and the Search for European Security, 1925-1926 7: 'Pious Hopes and Equally Pious Regrets': 1927-1929 8: 'A Policy of World Peace and World Economic Development': 1930-1932 Conclusion: First of the Small Nations?ReviewsThe work adds further to the historiographical view that the history of Irish foreign policy is also the history of the Irish state and that Ireland was much more than an introverted, isolated, nationalist-focused state in the inter-war period. * Bernadette Whelan, European History Quarterly * 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 ... The book admirably succeeds in its aim of showing how an Irish foreign policy identity emerged and the young Irish state asserted its newfound international status. * Michael Kennedy, History Ireland * 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 ... The book admirably succeeds in its aim of showing how an Irish foreign policy identity emerged and the young Irish state asserted its newfound international status. * Michael Kennedy, History Ireland * The work adds further to the historiographical view that the history of Irish foreign policy is also the history of the Irish state and that Ireland was much more than an introverted, isolated, nationalist-focused state in the inter-war period. * Bernadette Whelan, European History Quarterly * 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 ... The book admirably succeeds in its aim of showing how an Irish foreign policy identity emerged and the young Irish state asserted its newfound international status. Michael Kennedy, History Ireland Author InformationGerard 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 and on the Northern Ireland peace process, EU foreign policy, and disarmament issues. He is a graduate of New College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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