Table of Contents

Introduction
I: World War
1: The Origins of 'The Second World War': Historical Discourse and International Politics
2: 1940: Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century?
3: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Wartime Anglo-American Alliance
II: Churchill
4: Churchill and the British 'Decision' to Fight on in 1940: Right Policy, Wrong Reasons
5: Churchill the Appeaser? Between Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin 1940-1944
6: Churchill and Allied Grand Strategy in Europe 1944-1945
III: Roosevelt
7: The President and the King: The Diplomacy of the British Royal Visit of 1939
8: The President and the British Left: The Appointment of John Winant as US Ambassador in 1941
9: The Wheelchair President and his Special Relationships
IV: 'Mixed up Together'
10: Whitehall, Washington, and the Promotion of American Studies in Britain 1941-1943
11: Churchill's Government and the Black GIs 1942-1943
12: GIs and Tommies: The Army 'Inter-Attachment Programme of 1943-1944
V: Cold War
13: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Stalin Enigma
14: Churchill, Stalin, and the 'Iron Curtain'
15: The 'Big Three' and the Division of Europe 1945-1948
VI: Perspectives
16: Power and Superpower: The Impact of the Second World War on America's International Role
17: A Special Relationship? America, Britain, and the International Order since World War Two
18: Culture, Discourse, and Policy: Reflections on the New International History
Index

About the Author

David Reynolds is Professor of International History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University and Nihon University, Tokyo. His most recent book is the prize-winning In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War.

Reviews

...a rich synthesis...It brings together some of the lesser known but vitally important works by a master historian of international relations in general and of Anglo-American wartime relations in particular. It is recommended most highly for anyone with either general or very specific interests in these fields. Mark A. Stoler, Cold War History ...serves as a strong reminder that the Cold War world was shaped by alliances as much as antagonisms Reviews in History a superb and accessible overview of the strategic context Bulletin of the Military Historical Society