Cold War in the Desert

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-5

3. The Soviet and American Initiatives, 1945

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   Pages 6-35

4. Byrnes, Bevin and the Temporary Settlement, 1946

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   Pages 36-68

5. Anglo-American Cooperation on Cyrenaica, 1946–7

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   Pages 69-92

6. The Failure of the Four Powers, 1947–8

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   Pages 93-109

7. The UN Settlement, 1948–9

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   Pages 110-131

8. Implementing the UN Resolutions, 1949–52

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   Pages 132-163

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 164-172

10. Back Matter

    Pages 173-207

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The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the detailed historical attention which they merit. Based on extensive research in British and American archives, this book will seek to analyse British and US policy on this question within its Cold War context.

• Anglo-American
• Cold War
• settlement
• USA

• Research Fellow in History, University of Westminster, UK

  Saul Kelly

SAUL KELLY is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Westminster. He specialises in Anglo-American relations since 1945 and has published a book of the Suez crisis and several articles on aspects of the transatlantic relationship. He is currently working on a study of the Washington Embassy of Sir Roger Makins, 1953-6.

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