The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to the United States, 1939-77

ISBN-13: 9781349356850 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 243 str.

M. Hopkins; S. Kelly; J. Young

Opis

The Anglo-American special relationship first emerged during the Second World War and, ever since, British governments have sought to maintain a close partnership with the United States. This comprehensive series of essays describes the role of British Ambassadors to Washington from the start of the Second World War to the late 1970s.

Spis treści

List of Contributors Introduction; M.F.Hopkins , S.Kelly & J.W.Young Lord Lothian, 1939-40; J.S.Rofe Lord Halifax, 1941-46; N.J.Cull Lord Inverchapel, 1946-48; M.Folly Oliver Franks, 1948-52; M.F.Hopkins Roger Makins, 1953-56; S.Kelly Harold Caccia, 1956-61; J.Ellison David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-65; M.F.Hopkins Patrick Dean, 1965-69; J.Colman John Freeman, 1969-71; J.W.Young Lord Cromer, 1971-74; A.Spelling Peter Ramsbotham, 1974-77; R.Roy Conclusion; G.R.Berridge & J.W.Young Select Bibliography

O autorze

MICHAEL F. HOPKINS  is Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK and the author of Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations 1948-52.

SAUL KELLY is Reader in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London, UK and the author of The Hunt for Zerzura: the lost oasis and the desert war.

JOHN W. YOUNG  is Professor of International History at the University of Nottingham, UK and author of Twentieth Century Diplomacy: a study in British practice, 1963-76.