America's 'Special Relationships': Foreign and Domestic Aspects of the Politics of AllianceJohn Dumbrell, Axel Schäfer Routledge, 2009 M09 10 - 264 pages This unique volume offers an original collection of essays on the theme of America’s ‘special relationships’. It interrogates in an original and provocative manner the distinctive character of America’s interactions with an array of allies and clients, both international and domestic. The essays vary in their focus; some are primarily historical, some are more contemporary. All consider the quality of ‘specialness’ in the context of America’s relationship with particular countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Russia, Iran and Israel. The collection also concerns the relationship between the American state and key ‘special’ foreign policy interests, notably ethnic lobbies and religious groups. Bringing together a wide range of experts, this timely collection provides a valuable addition to the debates surrounding US foreign policy, and will be of great interest to students and scholars of American politics, American history and international relations.
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Contents
The politics of special relationships | 1 |
US allies and partners in the modernizing imagination | 7 |
Great Britain and America from the beginning | 24 |
George W Bush antiAmericanism and the USUK special relationship | 45 |
How special is Americas oldest unbroken alliance? | 60 |
5 Australia the United States and the unassailable alliance | 76 |
New Zealands special relationships with Britain and the United States | 93 |
US unilateralism and Dutch multilateralism in the twentyfirst century | 115 |
USRussia relations in the postCold War world 19892007 | 132 |
The rise and fall of USIran relations | 152 |
10 Americas Israel Israels America | 173 |
A special friendship | 191 |
Myron Taylor and the religious roots of Americas Cold War | 208 |
Evangelicals and the special relationship between church and state in US Cold War foreign policy | 223 |
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