Economic Cold War

IAN JACKSON is Lecturer in International Relations and American Foreign Policy at De Montfort University.

• Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction The Origins of Economic Containment, 1947-48 The Response: Britain, Western Europe and East-West Trade, 1948-49 Divergent Strategies: American and British Economic Defence Policies in 1950 Compromise: America, Cocom and the Extension of the East-West Trade Embargo, 1950 Trade or Aid? American Isolationists and East-West Trade, 1950-51 Troubled Partners: Anglo-American Relations and the Battle Act in 1952 Relaxing the Embargo: Eisenhower, Churchill and East-West Trade, 1953-54 Economic Containment for the 'Long Haul', 1954-61 Conflict and Conciliation: Kennedy, Macmillan and East-West Trade, 1961-63 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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