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Neutral Ground: FDR’s Man in Ireland During WWII
In February 1940, as war engulfed Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent an unlikely diplomat to Ireland – his wife’s 70-year-old uncle who had never held a diplomatic position. David Gray’s mission would become one of the most challenging diplomatic … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomatic history, Irish history, U.S.-Ireland Relations, Uncategorized, World War II
Tagged 1940s, American diplomats, American foreign policy, Éamon de Valera, David Gray, Diplomatic archives, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ireland, Irish independence, Irish Republican Army, Irish-American relations, Nazi Germany, Neutrality, Northern Ireland, Presidential correspondence, Roosevelt administration, Winston Churchill, World War II diplomacy
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