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The special relationship

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Wm. RogerLouis and HedleyBull (eds.), The Special Relationship: Anglo-American Relations Since 1945, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.
Henry ButterfieldRyan, The Vision of Anglo-America. The US–UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943–1946, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Michael G. Fry
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The 'special relationship', wrapped in politically relevant fact and myth, in nostalgia and irritation, can still raise emotions. Books and essays about it bring on their trans-Atlantic and domestic controversies; it remains a case of reviewer beware.

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Review of International Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 1988, pp. 237 - 245
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1988

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References

1. Richard Little, ‘History and the Analysis of International Relations: Three Ways to Beat Time’, (paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the British International Studies Association, December 1978); Watt, D. C., Succeeding John Bull. America in Britain's Place, 1900–1975 (Cambridge, 1984), pp. 1–23, 158–63CrossRefGoogle Scholar; and Fry, Michael G., ‘History and International Studies’ (Washington, DC, 1987), pp. 1–16.Google Scholar

2. Hankey to Balfour, 29 June and 11 November 1927, Balfour papers (British Museum), 49704. The idea that successive American governments ‘jollied you along’ and then let you down became common place in British official circles.

3. Macmillan to Eden, 25 and 26 September 1956, PREM, 11/1102 (Prime Minister files, Public Record Office). At least one former colleague of Dulles has difficulty in believing Macmillan's report.

4. Larson, Deborah Welch, Origins of Containment. A Psychological Explanation (Princeton, 1985).Google Scholar