Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations vii
Prologue: Changed, Changed Utterly ix
1 America and the Irish Rising of 1916 1
2 America, the War Crisis, and the Irish Problem, 1916-1918 13
3 The 1919 Paris Peace Conference, the American Commission on Irish Independence, and Self-Determination for Ireland 36
4 Money: The Sinews of War, 1919-1921 64
5 Ireland in the Eye of Public Opinion: The American Commission on Conditions in Ireland, 1920-1921 89
6 American Aid for Ireland, 1920-1922 111
7 The Emergence of the Irish Free State and American Diplomatic Recognition, 1921-1927 142
8 President William T. Cosgrave Comes to the United States, 1928 165
9 Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg Comes to Ireland, 1928 184
Epilogue: Ireland and America 199
Acknowledgments 203
Appendix 1 The Meeting of John Quinn's Delegation with A. J. Balfour on 4 May 1917 205
Appendix 2 Documents Submitted and Witnesses at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings on the Treaty of Peace with Germany 213
Appendix 3 American Commission on Conditions on Ireland: Hearings and Witnesses before the Commission in Washington, DC 217
Appendix 4 Report on Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg's Visit to Dublin in August 1928 221
Notes 225
Bibliography 263
Index 277
About the Author 293
Illustrations follow page 81