Thomas Desmond Williams
Thomas Desmond Williams (26 May 1921 – 18 January 1987) was an
Second World War
.
Biography
His parents were UCD Professor of Education W.J. Williams and Angela Williams (née Murnaghan). His maternal grandfather was
Dominican nuns and was taught by his father for his secondary education.[2]
At UCD he won
British Foreign Office and was a member of British Intelligence during the Second World War.[3] His MA was titled "The Genesis of National Socialism" and was supervised by John M. O'Sullivan.[4]
In 1944 he became a research student at
libel.[3] Despite Williams having been supplied with captured German documents by the British Foreign Office to boost his case and Kerney being refused the right to present Irish Ministry documents in support of his action, Kerney won the case, which was settled out of court.[5]
Works
Books
- Secret Societies in Ireland (1973)
Articles
- Williams, T. Desmond (1956). "Adolf Hitler and the Historians". University Review. 1 (9): 37–51. JSTOR 25504397.
- Williams, T. Desmond (1956). "Negotiations Leading to the Anglo-Polish Agreement of 31 March 1939". Irish Historical Studies. 10 (37): 59–93. S2CID 222505506.
Further reading
- Spies in Ireland, Enno Stephan 1963 ISBN 1-131-82692-2(reprint)
See also
References
- JSTOR 30008501.
- ^ a b c T. Desmond Williams (1921-1987), Irish Historical Studies, xxvi, no 101, (May 1988)
- ^ a b Dermot Keogh: Ireland and Europe (1988), quoted by Manus O'Riordan in History Ireland, Vol. 15, Issue 3, March/April 2007
- ^ "The Genesis of National Socialism". History Ireland. Vol. 23. 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Leopold H. Kerney, Irish Minister to Spain 1935-1946". History Ireland. Vol. 15, no. 2. March–April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
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