Counterinsurgency Wars and the Anglo-American Alliance

The Special Relationship on the Rocks

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Mumford Andrew

Verlag:

Ingram Publishers Services

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35885222

EAN: 9781626164918

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Zustellung: Mo, 28.09.2026

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Beschreibung

Andrew Mumford challenges the notion of a "special relationship" between the United States and United Kingdom in diplomatic and military affairs, the most vaunted and, he says, exaggerated of associations in the post-1945 era. Though they are allies to be sure, national self-interest and domestic politics have often undercut their relationship. This is the first book to combine a history of US-UK interaction during major counterinsurgency campaigns since 1945, from Palestine to Iraq and Afghanistan, with a critical examination of the so called special relationship that has been tested during these difficult, protracted, and costly conflicts. Mumford's assessment of each nation's internal political discussions and diplomatic exchanges reveals that in actuality there is only a thin layer of specialness at work in the wars that shaped the postcolonial balance of power, the fight against Communism in the Cold War, and the twenty-first-century "war on terror. " This book is especially timely given that the US-UK relationship is once again under scrutiny because of the Trump administration's "America First" rhetoric and Britain's changing international relations as a result of Brexit. Counterinsurgency Wars and the Anglo-American Alliance. will interest scholars and students of history, international relations, and security studies as well as policy practitioners in the field.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Mumford Andrew

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Format

Buch (Hardcover)

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