Hopkins (history, U. of Liverpool) offers a basic and brilliantly illustrated history of the Cold War, reaching both before and after from 1917 to 1991 and into the early 21st century. He focuses on m
Dean Acheson helped to create and sustain the US-dominated international order. This book captures his influence, talents as policymaker, negotiator, alliance-builder and advocate to Congress, the US
Financial diplomacy was vital to Britain during the Second World War. Over half the British war effort was sustained by US Lend-Lease assistance and Canadian Mutual Aid. In 1945 the country emerged victorious in the greatest war in history but economically drained. These contradictory circumstances faced the new Labour government. It was clear that economic adjustment to peacetime would require further American and Canadian finance. This book contains the diary of Frederic Harmer, aide to John Maynard Keynes during discussions in Washington that led to an American loan. It also includes the reports and evaluations from Washington of Robert Brand, head of the Treasury team at the British Embassy, the British debates on how to secure US and Canadian financial assistance, the American loan talks in 1945 and the pursuit of a Canadian loan in 1946. These two sources vividly convey thinking about priorities and tactics in British financial diplomacy.
While the earlier edition of this work only examined the first couple decades of the Cold War, Dockrill (diplomatic history, King's College London, UK) and Hopkins (history, Liverpool Hope U., UK) hav
What was Britain's reaction to the death of Stalin? How has Britain reconciled a modern nuclear strategy with its traditional imperial defence commitments around the world? How has secret intelligence
This book is the first study of the role of British Ambassadors in shaping Anglo-American relations during the first generation of the ‘special relationship’. As well as showing how ambassadors wielde
