Washington's Irish Policy

"In spite of 'the Irish nation' in the United States - those millions of Irish emigrants and their descendants - American policy towards Ireland has not always been sympathetic. In the three key areas of independence, partition and neutrality, Washington has viewed the Irish question thorough British eyes...from 1916 to the present...covers independence, partition, the war years, the defense of Ireland, the pressure for the ports, neutrality, the Republic of Ireland Act, NATO, the Northern violence and the Angle-Irish Agreement."