1st Edition
Ireland's Helping Hand to Europe Combatting Hunger from Normandy to Tirana, 1945-1950
By Jérôme Wiel
Copyright 2021
572 Pages
by
Central European University Press
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... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part I Deciding and Organising Relief at Home, Part II Distributing Irish Supplies Abroad, Conclusion, Photos, List of frequently used abbreviations, Bibliography and sources, Index
Biography
Jérôme aan de Wiel is lecturer in History and European Studies at University College Cork, Ireland. His research focuses on twentieth-century European history and Irish history, notably on the First World War, Cold War and post-war (WW2) periods.
