{"product_id":"9789089790347","title":"Lord Lothian And Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940","description":"History of International Relations, Diplomacy and Intelligence, 13\u003cbr\u003e(History of International Relations Library, 13)\u003cp\u003eFor the first four decades of the twentieth century Philip Kerr, the Eleventh Marquess of Lothian, hovered on the fringes of power in Britain. As a commentator on public affairs, private secretary to Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George, secretary to the Rhodes Trust, Liberal peer, and ambassador to the United States at the beginning of World War II, Lothian's greatest interest was in preserving and strengthening the British Empire and building close bonds with the United States. This international collection of essays by seven scholars explores Lothian's impact on Anglo-American relations and his role, behind the scenes and as a government official, in forging what would eventually become known as the \"special relationship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents PREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION The Making of an Atlanticist: Philip Kerr, 1882-1921\u003cbr\u003ePriscilla Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE Lord Lothian, Russia, and Ideas for a New International Order, 1916-1922\u003cbr\u003eKeith Neilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TWO Philip Kerr, the Irish Question, and Anglo-American Relations, 1916-1921\u003cbr\u003eMelanie Sayers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THREE The Interwar Philip Lothian Priscilla Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FOUR Lord Lothian, the Far East, and Anglo-American Strategic Relations, 1934-1941\u003cbr\u003eGreg Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FIVE Lord Lothian's Ambassadorship in Washington August 1939-December 1940\u003cbr\u003eJ. Simon Rofe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SIX Creating a Sense of Criticality: 'Lothian's Method' and the Evolution of U.S. Wartime Aid to Britain Gavin Bailey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN Lothian and the Problem of Relative Decline David P. Billington, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONCLUSION The Final Stage Priscilla Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINFORMATION ON CONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author(s)\/Editor(s)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriscilla Roberts, Ph.D. (1981) in History, King's College, Cambridge, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong. She has published extensively on twentieth-century international history and Anglo-American diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Republic of Letters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064865800432,"sku":"9789089790347","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789089790347_p0.jpg?v=1763671900","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789089790347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}