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Nigel J. Ashton analyses Anglo-American relations during a crucial phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy-makers on both sides of the Atlantic used the term 'interdependence' to describe their relationship this concept had different meanings in London and Washington. The Kennedy Administration sought more centralized control of the Western alliance, whereas the Macmillan Government envisaged an Anglo-American partnership. This gap in perception gave rise to a 'crisis of interdependence' during the winter of 1962-3, encompassing issues as diverse as the collapse of the British EEC application, the civil war in the Yemen, the denouement of the Congo crisis and the fate of the British independent nuclear deterrent.
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'He brings a fresh perspective...[a] deeply researched and elegantly written monograph...' - Andrew Preston, H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews
'...an informative case study of the interaction of the two powers during the many crises of those years.' - L.M. Lees, Choice
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NIGEL J. ASHTON is Lecturer in International History the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Kennedy, Macmillan and the Cold War
Book Subtitle: The Irony of Interdependence
Authors: Nigel J. Ashton
Series Title: Contemporary History in Context
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-71605-2Published: 18 September 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-40346-2Published: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-80001-4Published: 18 September 2002
Series ISSN: 2947-0005
Series E-ISSN: 2947-0013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 288
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of the Americas, Political History, Modern History, US History