Transition of Power: Britain’s Loss of Global Pre-eminence to the United States, 1930-1945

Brian J. C. McKercher0521440904, 9780521440905, 9780511002847

This book addresses one of the least understood issues in modern international history: how, between 1930 and 1945, Britain lost its global preeminence to the United States. The crucial years are 1930 to 1940, for which until now no comprehensive examination of Anglo-American relations exists. Transition of Power analyzes these relations in the pivotal decade, with an epilogue that deals with the Second World War after 1941. Britain and the United States, and their intertwined fates, were fundamental to the course of international history in these years.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Dedication……Page 7
Contents……Page 9
Acknowledgments……Page 10
Abbreviations……Page 13
Prologue Power and purpose in Anglo-American relations, 1919–1929……Page 15
1 The end of Anglo-American naval rivalry, 1929–1930……Page 46
2 The undermining of war debts and reparations, 1929–1932……Page 77
3 Disarmament and security in Europe and the Far East, 1930–1932……Page 109
4 The unravelling of co-operation, 1932–1933……Page 140
5 Moving away from the United States, 1933–1934……Page 171
6 Britain, the United States, and the global balance of power, 1934–1935……Page 200
7 From Abyssinia to Brussels via London, Madrid, and Peking, 1935–1937……Page 230
8 Appeasement, deterrence, and Anglo-American relations, 1938–1939……Page 262
9 Belligerent Britain and the neutral United States, 1939–1941……Page 292
Epilogue ‘A new order of things’, 1941–1945……Page 322
PRIVATE MSS COLLECTIONS……Page 358
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARCHIVES, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA……Page 360
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS……Page 361
OTHER PUBLICATIONS……Page 362
UNPUBLISHED WORK……Page 385
Index……Page 386