Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9780333596128 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 216 str.

Ritchie Ovendale

Opis

A critique of Anglo-American relations in the twentieth century in the light of the most recent research.
It challenges many existing interpretations and argues that the basis of the Anglo-American special relationship was laid by Roosevelt and Chamberlain, that Roosevelt preferred Stalin to Churchill, and that the origins of the Cold War should be seen as a British education of the Americans to the Soviet threat. Suez is reassessed following the recent release of material in the Eisenhower Library. There is a consideration of the relationship of 'mutual interdependence' and why Wilson and Heath chose to move instead towards the European connection, as well as Mrs Thatcher's reasons for preferring the Atlantic alliance.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Rapprochement.- Isolationism and Appeasement.- The Second World War: the Anglo-American Alliance.- The Cold War: Educating the Americans.- The Cold War: Global Strategy.- One Among a Number of Allies.- Mutual Interdependence.- The European Dimension.- The Atlantic Preference.- Conclusions.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

RITCHIE OVENDALE was formerly Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.