{"product_id":"america-and-britain-was-there-ever-a-special-relationship-9781849043281","title":"America and Britain: Was There Ever a Special Relationship?","description":"Britain's political and military elite has for decades nurtured the idea that enduring ties bind the interests of London and Washington, in good times and bad. Irrespective of the end of the Cold War, the 9\/11 attacks and the economic rise of the East, these links are allegedly impregnable.\u003cbr\u003eBut how accurate a picture is this? Are the British engaged in a monumental act of self-delusion? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuy Arnold investigates the 'American disease' at the heart of Whitehall, which, he argues, has tied British policies too closely to those of Washington. The special relationship became a Foreign Office priority and gave Britain the illusion of power it no longer enjoyed. As Churchill put it\u003cbr\u003eacidly, the British and the Americans were stuck with each other - a junior partner and a senior partner respectively. For the Americans it provided a way of keeping Britain 'on side' but in return Washington accelerated Britain's imperial decline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Americans always saw Britain in Europe as a Trojan Horse to safeguard their interests and as a military outpost for their global ambitions. They derided or ignored the special relationship, even in their dealings with Thatcher and Blair, and latterly the Foreign Office has failed to convince\u003cbr\u003ePresident Obama of its unique importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849043281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Guy Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41132436095157,"sku":"9781849043281","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_73d70d88-783d-4e23-a343-b48e1b482cf4.jpg?v=1632832196","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/america-and-britain-was-there-ever-a-special-relationship-9781849043281","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}