A critique of Anglo-American relations in the twentieth century in the light of the most recent research.

It challenges many existing interpretations and argues that the basis of the Anglo-American special relationship was laid by Roosevelt and Chamberlain, that Roosevelt preferred Stalin to Churchill, and that the origins of the Cold War should be seen as a British education of the Americans to the Soviet threat. Suez is reassessed following the recent release of material in the Eisenhower Library. There is a consideration of the relationship of 'mutual interdependence' and why Wilson and Heath chose to move instead towards the European connection, as well as Mrs Thatcher's reasons for preferring the Atlantic alliance.

RITCHIE OVENDALE was formerly Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.

Acknowledgements
Rapprochement
Isolationism and Appeasement
The Second World War: the Anglo-American Alliance
The Cold War: Educating the Americans
The Cold War: Global Strategy
One Among a Number of Allies
Mutual Interdependence
The European Dimension
The Atlantic Preference
Conclusions
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.