The book examines the Anglo-American relationship in the early postwar period through a case study of the American military assistance programme launched in 1949. It analyses the degree and changing nature of interdependence between the two states under this programme from 1949 to 1956. It focuses in particular on the tensions in US policy between Congress and the Administration, the differing conceptions of the Anglo-American relationship held by the two institutions and the problems this posed for Britain.

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Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - List of Tables - PART 1: INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AREA - Britain, the United States and Military Aid - Issues of Interdependence - Interdependence and Collective Security in the North Atlantic Area - PART 2: INTERDEPENDENCE AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE: A CASE STUDY - The Mutual Defence Assistance Programme: Reconstruction and Rearmament - The Mutual Security Programme: the Merging of Foreign Aid - Security Export Controls and Military Assistance - PART 3: ANGLO-AMERICAN INTERDEPENDENCE - The Costs and Benefits of Anglo-American Cooperation - Notes - Bibliography - Index