Mervyn ODriscoll - Ireland, West Germany and the New Europe, 1949-73: Best Friend and Ally?

Ireland, West Germany and the New Europe, 194973

Ireland, West Germany and the New Europe, 194973

Best friend and ally?

MERVYN ODRISCOLL

Manchester University Press

Copyright Mervyn ODriscoll 2018

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ISBN978 0 7190 8983 1hardback

First published 2018

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In writing a book of any nature, an author must always engage in research, especially a book of historical import. In the process of research one is influenced by and encounters many people whose views, insights and assistance contribute to the final outcome. To this end I am indebted to many people and institutions whose assistance have contributed to this volume. None more so that Emeritus Professor Dermot Keogh and Professor Joe Lee who have inspired my thinking on many historical issues since my undergraduate days. Their respective contributions to historical scholarship are immense. On more than one occasion their thought provoking undergraduate lectures caused me to look at historical situations and relations through a multi-dimensional lens. To this end I dedicate this volume to them. I also acknowledge the contributions and support of many others, my colleagues at the School of History, UCC, under the leadership of Professor David Ryan and including in particular Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Roberts, Dr Jrme aan de Wiel, Dr Andrew McCarthy, and the schools administrative staff together with Dr Mattie MacNamara formerly of the Department of French, UCC.

I wish to express my thanks to the School of History Research Committee, the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Research Committee and the Irish Research Council for their financial support. I am grateful to those who dealt with my unrelenting requests for material and unending queries in particular the National Archives Dublin, National Library of Ireland, Boole Library University College Cork, Auswrtiges Amt-Politisches Archiv Berlin, Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Sankt Augustin, National Archives London and the Archives Department at University College Dublin. No written work can be complete without the support of family and friends who were the sounding boards for my findings and ideas, including Finn ODriscoll and Finbarr Mannix together with the love, encouragement and invaluable input received from my wife, Michelle and son, Calum. To those I may have omitted, heartfelt thanks.