SAUL KELLY is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Westminster. He specialises in Anglo-American relations since 1945 and has published a book of the Suez crisis and several articles on aspects of the transatlantic relationship. He is currently working on a study of the Washington Embassy of Sir Roger Makins, 1953-6.

• Acknowledgements List of Maps Introduction The Soviet and American Initiatives, 1945 Byrnes, Bevin and the Temporary Settlement, 1946 Anglo-American Cooperation on Cyrenaica, 1946-7 The Failure of the Four Powers, 1947-8 The UN Settlement, 1948-9 Implementing the UN Resolutions, 1949-52 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index