This collection of documents on Irish foreign policy span the years 1948-1951, which saw the beginnings of the country’s first coalition government and other noteworthy events. The material included in the collection was made available through government departmental archives and University College Dublin. The intent of the collection is to ensure that the material is available to people who may not have access to national archives or other sources of information. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This volume of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy brings together for the first time the entire spectrum of Ireland's foreign relations between 1948 and 1951. It includes Ireland's role as a founding member of the Council of Europe in 1949, as well as the state's response to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1950 - the origins of today's EU. Additionally, the book details Ireland's refusal to join NATO. The Korean War (1950-53) also forms a large component of the book, which sees Ireland's foreign relations take a wider perspective and its network of overseas missions grow, even if, paradoxically, outside the UN (to 1955), NATO, and the Commonwealth. The avenues for multilateral action by Ireland in the international system were more limited in 1951 than they had been in 1948. (Series: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy - Vol. 9) [ Subject: History, Irish Studies, International Affairs, Politics]
