McKercher Britain, America, and the Special Relationship since 1941

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-77631-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten

Reihe: Seminar Studies

Britain, America and the Special Relationship since 1941 examines the Anglo-American strategic and military relationship that developed during the Second World War and continued until recent years. Forged on a common ground of social, cultural, and ideological values as well as political expediency, this partnership formed the basis of the western alliance throughout the Cold War, playing an essential part in bringing stability to the post-1945 international order.

Clearly written and chronologically organized, the book begins by discussing the origins of the ‘Special Relationship’ and its progression from uneasy coexistence in the eighteenth century to collaboration at the start of the Second World War. McKercher explores the continued evolution of this partnership during the conflicts that followed, such as the Suez Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the Falklands War. The book concludes by looking at the developments in British and American politics during the past two decades and analysing the changing dynamics of this alliance over the course of its existence.

Illustrated with maps and photographs and supplemented by a chronology of events and list of key figures, this is an essential introductory resource for students of the political history and foreign policies of Britain and the United States in the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKercher, Brian

McKercher, B. J. C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

Maps

Chronology

Who’s Who

Abbreviations

Part I: Prologue

Chapter 1: The Anglo-American ‘Special Relationship’

Part II: Britain, America, and the Origins of the Special Relationship

Chapter 2: The Anglo-American Relationship before 1939

The Uneasy Relationship, 1782-1900

Britain, America, and Stability in International Politics, 1900-1914

The Drift to Co-operation in the First World War

The Paris Peace Conference and the American Return

to Isolationism, 1919-

Anglo-American Economic Competition, 1919-1939

Arms Limitation and International Security, 1919-1939



Chapter 3: The Second World War and the

Advent of the ‘Special Relationship’

The Immediate Origins of the Relationship,

September 1939-December 1941

Churchill and Roosevelt: War and Diplomacy,

December 1941-November 1943

Britain, America, and the Advent of a New International Order,

November 1943-May 1945



Part III: Cold War, Limited War, and the ‘Special Relationship’, 1945-2015

Chapter 4: The ‘Special Relationship’ and the Early Cold War,

May 1945-July 1954

The Genesis of the Cold War, May 1945-June 1948

The German Question and the Rise of NATO, June 1948-May 1954

Britain, America, and Decolonisation in East Asia, May 1945-July 1954

Chapter 5: From Cold War to Détente, 1954-1968

British decolonisation and the Road to Suez, 1954-1956 Britain, America, and the Problem of the Middle East,

November 1956-November 1968

European Defense and the German Question, 1954-1968

Chapter 6: From Détente to Renewed Cold War, 1965-1979

Britain and American Involvement in Vietnam, January 1965-April 1973

Britain, America, and European Economic Integration,

January 1969-December 1979

Soviet Russian Expansionism and the Anglo-American

Response, May 1975-December 1979



Chapter 7: Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and the ‘Special

Relationship’, December 1979-December 1988

Carter, Reagan, and Thatcher: To Euromissile

Deployment in Europe, 1981-1985

The Falklands War and the Strength of

the ‘Special Relationship’, 1982-1983

Thatcher, Reagan, and Mikhail Gorbachev:

The Weakening of Soviet Russia, 1983-1988



Chapter 8: The ‘Special Relationship’ and the

New International Order, 1989-2015

George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher,

and the End of the Cold War, 1989-1990

The ‘Special Relationship’ and the Gulf War, 1990-1992

Britain, America, and the Balkans, 1992-1998

George Bush, Jr, Tony Blair, the War Against Terrorism, and Changing

International Politics, 2001-2007

Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron:

Challenges Old and New after 2007

Part IV: Epilogue

Chapter 9: The Anglo-American ‘Special Relationship’ and International

Politics since 1941: An Appraisal

Part V: Documents

Glossary

Guide to Further Reading

Index

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

B.J.C. McKercher is Professor of History at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is the editor of the journal Diplomacy and Statecraft and is general editor of The Praeger Series on Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period (with K. E. Neilson) and The Praeger Series on Diplomacy and Strategic Thought. His recent publications include The Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft (2011, edited), War in the Twentieth Century (2003, edited with M. A. Hennessy) and Power and Stability: British Foreign Policy, 1865-1965 (2003, edited with E. Goldstein).