General Information

Author/Creator

Charmley, John, 1955-

Language

English.

Published

New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1995.

Physical Description

xv, 427 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.

United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.

United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.

Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1936-1945.

Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

John Charmley.

Content

Part I: Churchill's American alliance. Special Relationships -- Churchill's Roosevelt -- Alliances -- Uncle Sam and the Brave New World -- The Empire at Bay -- The 'mad house' and the Kremlin -- Anglo-Saxon Attitudes -- Part II: A 'Special Relationship?' A Suitable America? -- Seeking a Suitable Stalin -- 'Lady Bountiful' and Uncle Sam -- Roosevelt's Last Throw -- The End of FDR -- Enter Mr Truman -- 'Diplomatic language' or 'a baseball bat'?-- The Great Game -- The 'Anglo-Saxon thesis' -- The Winds of Change -- 'On the hills of old Missouri' -- Part III: The end of British power. Consequences -- Churchill's 'Grand Alliance' -- Renewing the Grand Alliance? -- Defeated by 'the bastard' -- 'They like to give orders' -- The Act of Succession -- Tensions and Disagreements -- 'Misguided sentimental investments' -- Schism -- Macmillan's Metamorphosis -- The Strange End of Anthony Eden -- Epilogue.

ISBN

0151275815

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	327.41073/09/044 CHA		OSA Repository	Donation of Márk László-Herbert.

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