A01=Clair Wills
Author_Clair Wills
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Conflict
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Independence
Military
WWII
Product details
- ISBN 9780571221066
- Weight: 393g
- Dimensions: 125 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 2008
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Of the countries that remained neutral during the Second World War, none was more controversial than Ireland, with accusations of betrayal and hypocrisy poisoning the media. Whereas previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island brings to life the atmosphere of a country forced to live under rationing, heavy censorship and the threat of invasion. It unearths the motivations of those thousands who left Ireland to fight in the British forces and shows how ordinary people tried to make sense of the Nazi threat through the lens of antagonism towards Britain.
Clair Wills is Professor of Irish Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her previous books include a study of Paul Muldoon. She is an editor of The Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature.
