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The Economic Cold War

America, Britain and East-West Trade 1948–63

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Ian Jackson

    1. De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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Part of the book series: Cold War History (CWH)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Origins of Economic Containment, 1947–48

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 11-25

  4. The Response: Britain, Western Europe and East-West Trade, 1948–49

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 26-42

  5. Divergent Strategies: American and British Economic Defence Policies in 1950

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 43-57

  6. Compromise: America, CoCom and the Extension of the East-West Trade Embargo, 1950

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 58-72

  7. Trade or Aid? American Isolationists and East-West Trade, 1950–51

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 73-89

  8. Troubled Partners: Anglo-American Relations and the Battle Act in 1952

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 90-110

  9. Relaxing the Embargo: Eisenhower, Churchill and East-West Trade, 1953–54

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 111-127

  10. Economic Containment for the ‘Long Haul’, 1953–61

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 128-158

  11. Conflict and Conciliation: Kennedy, Macmillan and East-West Trade, 1961–63

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 159-181

  12. Conclusion

    • Ian Jackson
    Pages 182-188

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-239
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About this book

This book provides a new interpretation of the economic dimension of the Cold War. It examines Anglo-American trade diplomacy towards the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. The book, which is based on research in American and British archives, presents new evidence to suggest that Anglo-American relations in East-West trade were characterised by friction and conflict as the two countries clashed over divergent commercial and strategic perceptions of the Soviet Union.

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'...an excellent piece of scholarship that will surely find a wide and satisfied audience in a variety of fields.' - Mary Ann Heiss, The Historian

Authors and Affiliations

  • De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Ian Jackson

About the author

IAN JACKSON is Lecturer in International Relations and American Foreign Policy at De Montfort University.

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