{"product_id":"behind-the-green-curtain","title":"Behind the Green Curtain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish diplomats spied for the United States during the course of the war. Irish diplomats in Europe carried messages and supplied information to the OSS – the predecessor of the CIA – with the full knowledge and consent of de Valera. \u003cem\u003eBehind the Green Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive account of Irish neutrality, focusing strongly on the American – and to a lesser extent the Canadian – connection. It confirms beyond any doubt that Ireland made a positive and partisan contribution to the allied war effort. Neutrality has become a shibboleth of modern Irish politics. Behind the Green Curtain explodes the myth behind that shibboleth in the most decisive way.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e From the reviews:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e “Excellent and probably definitive account of Irish neutrality during the Second World War.” Kevin Myers, \u003cem\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e“With his brilliantly researched book, Dwyer confirms his status as a walking encyclopaedia of Irish history…as a work of scholarship, \u003cem\u003eBehind the Green Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e is nothing less than superb”. Andrew Lynch, \u003cem\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBehind the Green Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond any previous book in examining the myth of Irish wartime neutrality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55123809862019,"sku":"9780717146505","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/9780717146505.jpg?v=1775648794","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/behind-the-green-curtain","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}