LibGuides: Cold War: United Kingdom

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The Hidden Hand: Britain, America, and Cold War secret intelligence by Richard J. Aldrich
Call Number: JF1525.I6 A436 2002 (Gumberg 3rd floor)
Paranoia with respect to Russia raged in the wake of World War II, just as Churchill had foreseen: fear of a "nuclear Pearl Harbor" and the growing challenge of political stability in Europe gripped the Western world. Richard Aldrich reveals startling new information about the relationship between Britain and the US during the Cold War: the extent of the US and British covert operation successes-notably in Iran and Guatemala-as well as many costly debacles and follies.
Cold War in the Desert: Britain, the United States, and the Italian colonies, 1945-52 by Saul Kelly
Call Number: D1058 .K35 2000 (Gumberg 3rd floor)
The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the detailed historical attention which they merit. Based on extensive research in British and American archives, this book will analyze British and US policy on this question within its Cold War context.

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Britain's Korean War: Cold War diplomacy, strategy and security, 1950-53 by Thomas Hennessey
British fears concerning the Korean War were not limited to the diplomatic and military fronts these extended to the 'Manchurian Candidate' threat posed by returning prisoners of war who had been exposed to communist indoctrination. The book is essential reading for those interested in British and US foreign policy and military strategy during the Cold War.
Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War by Marco Wyss
Great Britain was neutral Switzerland's main supplier of heavy weaponry during the early Cold War. Marco Wyss analyses this armaments relationship against the background of Anglo-Swiss relations between 1945 and 1958, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' political, economic and military relations.
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech Fifty Years Later by James W. Muller (Editor, Introduction by)
Winston Churchill's visit to Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, marked the first public recognition of the cold war that was to follow World War II. Churchill delivered his most famous speech, "The Sinews of Peace," which became best known by the phrase he used to describe the cold-war division of Europe, the "iron curtain." The "Iron Curtain" speech defined postwar relations with the Soviet Union for citizens of Western democracies. These powerful essays offer a fresh appreciation of the speech's political, historical, diplomatic, and rhetorical significance.

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(United Kingdom or UK or Britain) AND "Cold War"
(United Kingdom or UK or Britain) AND "Cold War" AND ("Nuclear weapons" OR "Nuclear arms")
Winston Churchill AND "Cold War"
Winston Churchill AND "Iron Curtain"
Anthony Eden AND "Cold War"
Harold Macmillan AND "Cold War"
Margaret Thatcher AND "Cold War"
(United Kingdom or UK or Britain) AND Communism

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