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• Title: Britain and America After World War II
• Author : Richard Wevill
• Release Date : January 15, 2012
• Genre: Foreign Policy & International Relations,Books,Politics & Current Events,Political Science,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 1102 KB

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The period immediately after World War II was a vital one for diplomatic relations and, with the Soviet Union emerging as a new superpower, it was particularly important for Britain's relations with America. The subject has unsurprisingly already received much scholarly attention, but this is the first book to focus on the role of the British Embassy in Washington during this period. According to Richard Wevill, the British Embassy formed an essential part of the foreign policy-making process in London, and was pivotal in the fulfilment of key British foreign, financial and imperial policy objectives. Applying the implications of new archival material to the turning points of the period, including a detailed review of Lord Halifax's ambassadorship under Attlee, a re-evaluation of the part of Roger Makins in the atomic energy discussions, and the Embassy's influence in relation to Palestine, Wevill argues for a more nuanced understanding of the 'special relationship' in its most formative period.



With relations between nations in a state of flux, the Embassy in Washington was tasked with

pulling together the threads of a new world order, in which British influence was diminished and its overseas commitments greatly exceeded its material resources. Through wide-ranging primary source material, Wevill has produced a detailed picture of the postwar British agenda. Britain and America after World War II reveals for the first time the structures of power and hierarchies of information behind the major decisions, the covert and factional relations

with the US State Department and the frictions and agreements which were to shape the future of Britain - including the concessions imposed by the Marshall Plan, the intricate relationship with President Truman, Britain's failed attempts to co-ordinate America's policy towards the Middle East and the curtailment of atomic energy collaboration.

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