Leopold Kerney was one of the most influential diplomats of twentieth-century Irish history.
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Whelan sheds new light on other events in Kerney\'s career, such as his confidential reports from fascist Spain that exposed General Francisco Franco\'s crimes against his people.
The book offers a fresh understanding of the Department of External Affairs and critically assesses the roles of Joseph Walshe, secretary of the department, as well as Colonel Dan Bryan, director of G2 (Irish Army Military Intelligence), who both conspired to destroy Kerney\'s reputation and career during and after World War II.
More importantly, the book illuminates the decades-long friendship Kerney enjoyed with amon de Valera--the most important Irish political figure of the twentieth century--and shows how the "Chief" trusted and rewarded his friend throughout their long association.
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Ireland\'s Revolutionary Diplomat brings to life Kerney\'s connections with leading Irish figures from the Revolutionary generation including Michael Collins, Ernest Blythe, George Gavan Duffy, Desmond Fitz Gerald, Arthur Griffith, and Se n T.
Drawing on over a decade of archival research in repositories in France, Germany, Britain, Spain, and Ireland, as well as through unique and unrestricted access to Kerney\'s private papers, Whelan successfully challenges previously published analyses of Kerney\'s work and debunks many of the perceived controversies surrounding his career.
Barry Whelan\'s work provides fascinating new perceptions of Irish diplomatic history at seminal periods of the twentieth century, including the War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, the Anglo-Irish Economic War, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II, from an eyewitness to those events.
This book presents the first comprehensive Biography of Kerney\'s career in its entirety from his recruitment to the diplomatic service to his time in France, Spain, Argentina, and Chile.
Leopold Kerney was one of the most influential diplomats of twentieth-century Irish history
