
Post-War Planning on the Periphery
Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy in South America, 1939-1945
Thomas C. Mills(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-3995-6566-0 (ISBN)
Description
Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War
Thomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy.
Thomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy.
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Edition
New in Paperback
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-6566-0 (9781399565660)
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Thomas C. Mills is a Lecturer in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Lancaster University. His previous publications include "Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy during the Second World War and the Electrification of the Central Brazilian Railway", Diplomacy and Statecraft, (March 2009), and "The 'Hemisphere Isolationists' and Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy during the Second World War", Journal of Transatlantic Studies, (March 2011). He gained his PhD from Brunel University in 2010.
Content
Introduction
The US and Britain in South America (1800cc.-1939)
US Criticisms and British Mollification (Autumn 1939-Winter 1941-1942)
British Suspicions and Attempts at Cooperation (Winter 1941-1942-Autumn 1942)
Challenges to Multilateralism and the Return of British Suspicions (Autumn 1942-Spring 1943)
The Quest for a Self-Denying Ordinance (Spring 1943-Winter 1944-1945)
Conclusion
The US and Britain in South America (1800cc.-1939)
US Criticisms and British Mollification (Autumn 1939-Winter 1941-1942)
British Suspicions and Attempts at Cooperation (Winter 1941-1942-Autumn 1942)
Challenges to Multilateralism and the Return of British Suspicions (Autumn 1942-Spring 1943)
The Quest for a Self-Denying Ordinance (Spring 1943-Winter 1944-1945)
Conclusion