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This is an extremely well-written and important book on a major episode in international relations. Given the problems that most of America's friends and allies have had in working with different administrations during the Cold War and more recently, it is valuable and stimulating to study this penetrating and accurate examination of the British-US relationship during the first year of the Korean War. The book gives a salutary picture of how difficult it is for any of the US's allies to have any real influence over US military policies, so they tend to be dragged into conflicts that they would rather not have been involved in, and often have to tolerate measures and means that they feel to be inappropriate or even counter-productive. The differences between the United States and Britain, its major ally, during the first year of the Korean War are perfect cases in point.-Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, and official historian for Australia's role in the Korean War--Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, and official historian for Australia's role in the Korean War

This is an extremely well-written and important book on a major episode in international relations. Given the problems that most of America's friends and allies have had in working with different administrations during the Cold War and more recently, it is valuable and stimulating to study this penetrating and accurate examination of the British US relationship during the first year of the Korean War. The book gives a salutary picture of how difficult it is for any of the US's allies to have any real influence over US military policies, so they tend to be dragged into conflicts that they would rather not have been involved in, and often have to tolerate measures and means that they feel to be inappropriate or even counter-productive. The differences between the United States and Britain, its major ally, during the first year of the Korean War are perfect cases in point.-Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, and official historian for Australia's role in the Korean War--Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, and official historian for Australia's role in the Korean War

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Ian McLaine taught History and the Philosophy of History at the University of Wollongong. He held a DPhil from Oxford University and was the author of Ministry of Morale: Home Front Morale and the Ministry of Information in World War II.

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