Brian J. C. McKercher

Transition of Power (eBook, PDF)

Britain's Loss of Global Pre-eminence to the United States, 1930-1945

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses one of the least understood issues in modern international history: how, between 1930 and 1945, Britain lost its global pre-eminence to the United States. The crucial years are 1930 to 1940, for which until now no comprehensive examination of Anglo-American relations exists. Transition of Power analyses these relations in the pivotal decade, with an epilogue dealing with the Second World War after 1941. Britain and the United States, and their intertwined fates, were fundamental to the course of international history in these years. Professor McKercher's book dissects the various strands of the two powers' relationship in the fifteen years after 1930 from a British perspective - economic, diplomatic, naval and strategic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511037429
• Artikelnr.: 38213913

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Prologue: power and purpose in Anglo-American relations
1919-29; 1. The end of Anglo-American naval rivalry
1929-30; 2. The undermining of war debts and reparations
1929-32; 3. Disarmament and security in Europe and the Far East
1930-2; 4. The unravelling of cooperation
1932-3; 5. Moving away from the United States
1933-4; 6. Britain
the United States
and the global balance of power
1934-5; 7. From Abyssinia to Brussels via London
Madrid and Peking
1935-7; 8. Appeasement
deterrence
and Anglo-American relations
1938-9; 9. Belligerent Britain and the neutral United States
1939-41; Epilogue: 'A new order of things'
1941-5; Select bibliography; Index.