Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Deciding and Organising Relief at Home
6. Chapter One. Handshake Debacle amidst Humanitarian Crisis 17
7. Chapter Two. ‘A drop in the ocean’: The Decision to send Relief 59
8. Chapter Three. Reaction and Organisation 81
9. Chapter Four. Archbishop McQuaid to the Rescue 109
10. Chapter Five. 1946: Extending Postwar Relief 127
11. Chapter Six. End of Relief 157
12. Part II Distributing Irish Supplies Abroad
13. Introduction: relief in the unfolding Cold War 185
14. Chapter Seven. Irish Aid to Western Europe 197
15. Chapter Eight Cooperation with the International Red Cross in Geneva 239
16. Chapter Nine. The Western Allied-Occupied Zones in Germany 263
17. Chapter Ten. Berlin, the Soviet-Occupied Zone, and Eastern Expellees 303
18. Chapter Eleven. Ireland’s Aid to Central Europe: Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland 343
19. Chapter Twelve. Hungary 371
20. Chapter Thirteen. Ireland’s Aid to the Balkans: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania 413
21. Chapter Fourteen. Yugoslavia 437
22. Chapter Fifteen. Thanking Ireland 463
23. Conclusion 483
24. Photos 493
25. List of frequently used abbreviations 509
26. Bibliography and sources 511
27. Index 531