The Special Relationship
William Roger Louis(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 1. June 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
425 pages
978-0-19-820183-0 (ISBN)
Description
This analysis of the special relationship between Britain and the USA traces the development of the alliance and deals with the understanding between Churchill and Roosevelt, Eden and Eisenhower, MacMillan and Kennedy, Thatcher and Reagan. The inquiry attempts to probe beyond the traditional rhetorical appeals of common language and heritage to ask what are the military, political and economic links that bind the two countries. The authors include many who were active participants in the events described.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-820183-0 (9780198201830)
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Content
Part I Historical: Roosevelt, Churchill and the wartime Anglo-American Alliance; unequal partners - the Truman administration and Great Britain; demythologizing the Eisenhower era; the MacMillan years and afterwards; America, Britain and the Soviet threat in historical and present perspective. Part 2 Defence: Nuclear weapons and the "Special Relationship"; the United States, Britain and the defence of Europe; the military relationship; defence relationships - American perspectives. Part 3 Economic: Sterling-dollar diplomacy in current perspective; Europe, Britain, and the United States in the world economy; Anglo-American economic relations and the world trading system; finance, trade and development - issues in transatlantic co-operation. Part 4 The non-European world: the end of the British Empire and the assumption of world-wide commitments by the United States; American anti-colonialism and the dissolution of the British Empire: the Middle East; Britain, the United States and South Asia; the China problem in Anglo-American relations; Africa in Anglo-American relations; the "unspecial relationship" in Latin America; America, Europe and the Imperial legacy. Part 5 The Commonwealth:The transformation of the Commonwealth and the "Special Relationship"; the "Special Relationship" in the Pacific; afterword - the "Special Relationship".