The "Special Relationship": Anglo-American Relations Since 1945

by Louis (Author), William Roger Louis (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  1997

  $248.21

  Leading authorities here analyze the historic special relationship between Britain and the United States since 1945. The opening chapters trace the development of the alliance and discuss the special relationship within the special relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt, Eden and Eisenhower, Macmillan and Kennedy, and Thatcher and Reagan. The contributors go beyond traditional rhetorical appeals to common language and heritage and consider the military, political, and economic links that bind the two countries.

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $16.16

  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.