Henry Butterfield Ryan, Ryan Henry Butterfield

The Vision of Anglo-America

The Us-UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943 1946

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr Ryan's innovative study demonstrates with great clarity the importance of the decline of British power in the creation of the Cold War. The author subjects to detailed analysis the concerted attempts made by the British wartime coalition to forge a perpetual merger with the USA in international affairs to arrest this global decline. He reveals the origins of this policy, the great efforts made towards its realisation, and the ultimate impossibility of its aims. Dr Ryan uses the Polish and Greek crises of the mid-I940s as case histories to demonstrate his thesis that both the Churchill and Attlee governments recognised the need for the American connection and to provide examples of how they set about obtaining it. Thus, the study explores the roots of the Anglo-American alliance which, while never as close as Churchill hoped, became and remains basic to British foreign policy.

Table of contents:
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Strengthening the Ties: The Effort and the Problems: 1. The need; 2. Problems with American public opinion; 3. The mixing process; 4. Economic issues; Part II. Foreign Crises That Demonstrate Great Britain's Problems: The Polish Crisis: 5. Background and build-up; 6. Involvement of Great Britain and the United States; 7. Yalta and after; 8. Truman: the new factor; 9. The gathering for the San Francisco conference; 10. Between San Francisco and Potsdam; 11. Concluding thoughts on the Polish crisis; Part III. Foreign Crises That Demonstrate Great Britain's Problems: The Greek Crisis: 12. Background of the crisis; 13. 1944, the critical year; 14. The role of the press; 15. The crisis peaks; 16. America dives in; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dr Ryan's innovative study demonstrates with great clarity the importance of the decline of British power in the creation of the Cold War. The author subjects to detailed analysis the concerted attempts made by the British wartime coalition to forge a perpetual merger with the USA in international affairs to arrest this global decline.

This study demonstrates the importance of the decline of British power in the creation of the Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780521892841
• ISBN-10: 0521892848
• Artikelnr.: 21816765

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Strengthening the Ties: The Effort and the Problems: 1. The need
2. Problems with American public opinion
3. The mixing process
4. Economic issues
Part II. Foreign Crises That Demonstrate Great Britain's Problems: The Polish Crisis: 5. Background and build-up
6. Involvement of Great Britain and the United States
7. Yalta and after
8. Truman: the new factor
9. The gathering for the San Francisco conference
10. Between San Francisco and Potsdam
11. Concluding thoughts on the Polish crisis
Part III. Foreign Crises That Demonstrate Great Britain's Problems: The Greek Crisis: 12. Background of the crisis
13. 1944, the critical year
14. The role of the press
15. The crisis peaks
16. America dives in
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.