Churchill and the Anglo-American Special Relationship

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvAlan P. Dobson,Steve Marsh,UK) Dobson, Alan P. (Swansea University,UK) Marsh, Steve (Cardiff University

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This book examines Winston Churchill’s role in the creation and development of the Anglo–American special relationship.Drawing together world leading and emergent scholars, this volume offers a critical celebration of Churchill’s contribution to establishing the Anglo–American special relationship. Marking the seventieth anniversary of Churchill’s pronouncement in 1946 of that special relationship in his famous Iron Curtain speech, the book provides new insights into old debates by drawing upon approaches and disciplines that have hitherto been marginalised or neglected. The book foregrounds agency, culture, values, ideas and the construction and representation of special Anglo–American relations, past and present. The volume covers two main themes. Firstly, it identifies key influences upon Churchill as he developed his political career, especially processes and patterns of Anglo–American convergence prior to and during World War Two. Second, it provides insights into how Churchill sought to promote a post-war Anglo–American special relationship, how he discursively constructed it and how he has remained central to that narrative to the present day. From this analysis emerges new understanding of the raw material from which Churchill conjured special UK–US relations and of how his conceptualisation of that special relationship has been shaped and re-shaped in the decades after 1946.This book will be of much interest to students of Anglo–American relations, Cold War Studies, foreign policy, international history and IR in general.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-30
Mått156 x 234 x 28 mm
Vikt530 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCold War History
Antal sidor288
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138327863

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Introduction, Alan P. Dobson and Steve MarshPrologue: The Ghost in the Attic: Churchill, the Soviet Union, and the Anglo-American Special Relationship, Warren F. Kimball1. ‘Strategic Culture’ on the Road to (and from) Fulton: Institutionalism, Emotionalism, and the Anglo-American Special Relationship, David G. Haglund2. Churchill’s Fulton Speech and the Context of Shared Values in a World of Dangers, Alan P. Dobson3. Manipulating the Anglo-American Civilizational Identity in the Era of Churchill, Robert M. Hendershot4. The Fulton Address as Racial Discourse, Srjdan Vucetic5. Personal Diplomacy at the Summit, Steve Marsh6. Churchill’s Ambassadors – from Fulton to Suez, Tony McCulloch7. Churchill’s inter-subjective special relationship: a corpus-assisted discourse approach, Anna Marchi, Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Steve Marsh8. The Architecture of a Myth: Constructing and Commemorating Churchill’s Special Relationship, c. 1919-69, Sam Edwards9. Curtains, Culture and ‘Collective’ Memory, David RyanConclusion, Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh

'The scholarly essays provide interesting and detailed observations into the post-war special relationship from various viewpoints. ...an insightful and original addition to the study of Winston Churchill.'--Brad Tolppanen, A Blog on Winston Churchill'The general standard of the contributions is high, although aswith any edited collection some chapters cut more new ground than others... the collection as a whole is certainly more than the sum of its parts which after all is the main test of the value of any edited volume.'--Nigel Ashton, LSE, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 16(2), 2018