Anglo-American Relations: Contemporary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415678506 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 320 str.

Steve Marsh; Alan P. Dobson

Opis

This text provides an examination of contemporary Anglo-American relations. The 1940 Destroyers for Bases deal arguably marked the birth of an Anglo-American 'special relationship', which formed the cornerstone of Western defence against first the Axis powers and then the Soviet Union and its allies.

Spis treści

Introduction, Steve Marsh and Alan P. Dobson  1. Is There a ‘Strategic Culture’ of the Special Relationship? Contingency, Identity, and the Transformation of Anglo-American Relations, David G. Haglund  2. "Affection is the cement which binds us": Understanding the Cultural Sinews of the Anglo-American Special Relationship, Robert M. Hendershot  3. Personal Diplomacy: Relations Between prime Ministers and Presidents, John Dumbrell  4. Transatlantic Diplomacy and ‘Global’ States, Alison R. Holmes  5. The Anglo-American Economic Relationship: Special or Not, Joe McKinney and Alan P Dobson  6. Global warming and the cooling of the special relationship: climate change and post-Cold War US-UK environmental politics, Tony Jackson  7. The Anglo-American Defence Relationship, Steve Marsh  8. ‘Strained’ relations? Evaluating contemporary Anglo-American Intelligence and Security Co-operation, Adam D.M. Svendsen  9. The US-UK Special Relationship at 70: The Nuclear Dimension, John Simpson  Conclusion, Steve Marsh and Alan P Dobson