From World War to Cold War: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s

Abstract

Introduction I: WORLD WAR 1. The Origins of 'The Second World War': Historical Discourse and International Politics 2. 1940: Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century? 3. Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Wartime Anglo-American Alliance II: CHURCHILL 4. Churchill and the British 'Decision' to Fight on in 1940: Right Policy, Wrong Reasons 5. Churchill the Appeaser? Between Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin 1940-1944 6. Churchill and Allied Grand Strategy in Europe 1944-1945 III: ROOSEVELT 7. The President and the King: The Diplomacy of the British Royal Visit of 1939 8. The President and the British Left: The Appointment of John Winant as US Ambassador in 1941 9. The Wheelchair President and his Special Relationships IV: 'MIXED UP TOGETHER' 10. Whitehall, Washington, and the Promotion of American Studies in Britain 1941-1943 11. Churchill's Government and the Black GIs 1942-1943 12. GIs and Tommies: The Army 'Inter-Attachment Programme of 1943-1944 V: COLD WAR 13. Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Stalin Enigma 14. Churchill, Stalin, and the 'Iron Curtain' 15. The 'Big Three' and the Division of Europe 1945-1948 VI: PERSPECTIVES 16. Power and Superpower: The Impact of the Second World War on America's International Role 17. A Special Relationship? America, Britain, and the International Order since World War Two 18. Culture, Discourse, and Policy: Reflections on the New International History Index