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In February 1938, Senator William Borah, an inveterate isolationist, accused the Roosevelt Administration of forming a 'tacit alliance' with Britain. Taking Borah's remark as its starting point, Tony McCulloch analyses Anglo-American relations from the start of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term in January 1937 through to the outbreak of war in Europe and the revision of the US Neutrality Act in November 1939. Despite the mutual doubts afflicting the governments and public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic during these years, McCulloch argues that thanks largely to Franklin Roosevelt there was considerable progress in establishing an ideological and strategic understanding between the two democracies. This laid the foundation for the 'special relationship' so desired by Winston Churchill during and after the Second World War.

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Author:   Tony McCulloch (Associate Professor of North American Studies, UCL Institute of the Americas)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781399527781

ISBN 10:   1399527789
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Part I: Roosevelt I and II, 1933–37 1. Introduction: A ‘Tacit Alliance’? 2. Roosevelt I, March 1933–January 1937 3. Roosevelt II, January–May 1937 Part II: Parallel Action, 1937–38 4. Roosevelt and Chamberlain, May–September 1937 5. Quarantine speech, October–December 1937 6. Roosevelt Initiatives, January–February 1938 Part III: Appeasement, 1938 7. Anschluss, March–May 1938 8. Munich crisis, May–September 1938 9. ‘Unspoken Alliance’, October–December 1938 Part IV: Peace Front, 1939 10. ‘Methods Short of War’, January–April 1939 11. ‘A Special Character’, May–June 1939 12. Polish Crisis, July–August 1939 Part V: Tacit Alliance, 1939 13. ‘Winston is Back’, September–October 1939 14. Allies’ Arsenal, October–November 1939 15. Conclusions: ‘Tacit Alliance’ revisited Bibliography

Reviews

""A work of outstanding quality, Tony McCulloch's book is based on painstaking original research. It successfully engages with, and modifies, many conventional understandings of US-UK relations in the 1930s. McCulloch is a world-class expert on this subject and this will become a classic text."" -John Dumbrell, Professor of Government, Durham University (retired)

"""A work of outstanding quality, Tony McCulloch's book is based on painstaking original research. It successfully engages with, and modifies, many conventional understandings of US-UK relations in the 1930s. McCulloch is a world-class expert on this subject and this will become a classic text."" -John Dumbrell, Professor of Government, Durham University (retired)"

Author Information

Tony McCulloch is Associate Professor of North American Studies at the UCL Institute of the Americas, Editor of the London Journal of Canadian Studies and author of articles published in journals including International Journal, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Intelligence Review, Twentieth Century History Review and Modern History Review.

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