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

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

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Hardcover
1997
$262.20

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.

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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.

$262.20

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 01 Feb 1997
ISBN 10: 0198229259
ISBN 13: 9780198229254

Media Reviews

'An admirably arranged collection of two dozen essays by first-raters on the Anglo-American special relationship ' The Spectator
'a whole variety of excellent essays ... a volume that is informative and revealing.' Douglas Johnson New Society
'it deserves a wide readership among all those interested in the history of the modern world or in its future.' The Times Educational Supplement