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Author Leebaert, Derek, author.

Title Grand improvisation : America confronts the British superpower, 1945-1957 / Derek Leebaert.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.7304 LEEBAERT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.73 LEEBAERT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.7304 LEE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 612 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-582) and index.
Contents Introduction -- I. They thought it was peace. The three in 1945 -- Keynes & Co. -- Entering the Middle East -- False starts -- II. A chilling world. Warfare states -- Year of the offensive -- Defending the west -- The outer fortress : protecting the Middle East, Africa, and Asia -- III. Chips on the table. Auditing an empire -- Pivoting to Asia and into Vietnam -- War on the rim -- Asia's three fighting fronts -- IV. The ground changes. "Holding the ring" in Iran and Egypt -- Churchill is back -- Stemming the tide -- Coronations and crises -- V. A new supremacy. The break points of 1954 -- Ordering chaos -- No end of a lesson -- What happened next -- Conclusion.
Summary "A bold new view of the U.S. rise to supremacy, and its collision with a British Empire that wouldn't step aside."--Provided by publisher.
Subject United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
Chronological Term 1945-1955
Added Title America confronts the British superpower, 1945-1957
ISBN 9780374250720 (hardcover)
0374250723 (hardcover)
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