Allies in War: Britain and America Against the Axis Powers, 1940-1945

by Mark A. Stoler

Overview

Allies in War offers a complete diplomatic and military history of the Second World War, as it was fought by the United States and Britain. Award-winning historian Mark Stoler examines the war these two powers fought in the European and Far Eastern theatres against Germany, Italy and Japan and the nature of the Churchill-Roosevelt special relationship. Stoler emphasizes the unprecedented co-operation between Britain and the USA but also undermines the standard Churchillian view of the essential smoothness of this process. There were many, often substantial, disagreements between the two allies, and occasionally formal agreement masked continuing dispute in practice. This is a fully rounded history of the British-American effort and makes compelling reading for those who want to understand the intricacies and complexities of this unique relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340720271
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/30/2007
Series:	Modern Wars , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Mark A. Stoler is a Professor of History at the University of Vermont. He has also been a visiting professor at the US Naval War College and the US Military Academy at West Point. He won the Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History for Allies and Adversaries, and is a past President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Editorial Reviews

"Allies in War is an excellent reminder of the difficulties of coalition war-fare."—Parameters

"Allies in War is engagingly written, balanced in it assessments, and thankfully debunks a host of myths about the most important military alliance in the modern age."—David J. Gossen, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

From the Publisher

Allies in War is engagingly written, balanced in it assessments, and thankfully debunks a host of myths about the most important military alliance in the modern age.

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society David J. Gossen

Allies in War is an excellent reminder of the difficulties of coalition war-fare.

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