This book investigates the UK's experience as a junior partner in the only Cold war conflict where some of the main protagonists confronted each other on the battlefield. The author assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence. -- .
Author Biography
Thomas Hennessey is Professor of Modern British and Irish History at Canterbury Christ Church University -- .
Reviews
Hennessey ends with a fascinating chapter on the government's 'screening' of released British POWs-aptly entitled 'Manchurian candidates'-and an epilogue on the Bermuda Conference of December 1953. -- .
