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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818688003321

Autore

McKercher B. J. C. <1950->

Titolo

Transition of power : Britain's loss of global pre-eminence to the United States, 1930-1945 / / B.J.C. McKercher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-107-11193-5

0-511-00284-X

1-280-15177-3

0-511-11607-1

0-511-14974-3

0-511-30982-1

0-511-49616-8

0-511-05266-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

303.48/273041

Soggetti

United States Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1929-1933

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936

Great Britain Foreign relations 1936-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-371) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: power and purpose in Anglo-American relations, 1919-1939 -- 1. The end of Anglo-American naval rivalry, 1929-1930 -- 2. The undermining of war debts and reparations, 1929-1932 -- 3. Disarmament and security in Europe and the Far East, 1932-1933 -- 4. The unravelling of cooperation, 1932-1933 -- 5. Moving away from the United States, 1933-1934 -- 6. Britain, the United States, and the global balance of power, 1934-1935 -- 7. From Abyssinia to Brussels via London, Madrid and Peking, 1935-1937 -- 8. Appeasement, deterrence, and Anglo-American relations, 1938-1939 -- 9. Belligerent Britain and the neutral United States, 1939-1941 -- Epilogue:



Transition, 1942-1945.

Sommario/riassunto

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.