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Author Johnsen, William Thomas, 1952- author.

Title The origins of the grand alliance : Anglo-American military collaboration from the Panay incident to Pearl Harbor / William T. Johnsen
Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016
©20

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Description 1 online resource
Series Battles and campaigns
Battles & campaigns.
Contents Lessons lived, learned, lost: episodic progress in U.S. and British experiences in coalition warfare, 1900-1918 -- Neither friend nor foe: U.S.-British relations in the interwar years -- Groping in the dark: U.S.-British coalition encounters, 1936-1939 -- Ties that bind: the effects of supply negotiations on Anglo-American cooperation, 1938-1940 -- The Americans come to listen, August-September 1940 -- Two steps forward, one step back: inching toward collaboration, Autumn 1940 -- Full-dress talks: the American-British Conversations-1 Conference, January-March 1941 -- Easier said than done: implementing the American-British Conversations-1 Report, April-July 1941 -- Muddy waters: reexamining the coalition's grand strategy, June-October 1941 -- Racing an unseen clock: more problems than solutions
Summary This work provides comprehensive analysis of military collaboration between the United States and Great Britain before the Second World War. William T. Johnsen sets the stage by examining Anglo-French and Anglo-American coalition military planning from 1900 through World War I and the interwar years. He also considers the formulation of policy and grand strategy, operational planning, and the creation of the command structure
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 18, 2016)
Subject Military planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Military planning -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
Alliances -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Alliances
Diplomatic history
Diplomatic relations
Military planning
Military relations
SUBJECT United States -- Military relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Military relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140096
Subject Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form Electronic book
dissertations.
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016018515
ISBN 9780813168357
081316835X
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0813168368
0813168341
9780813168340