Twisting the Lion's Tail

JOHN E. MOSER is Program Officer at the Institute for Humane Studies, and an Adjunct Professor of History at George Mason University. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.

'This is an original and enlightening, as well as enjoyable book - it should be compulsary reading for anyone in Britain who believes in the special relationship'. - John Charmley, Senior Lecturer in English History, University of East Anglia 'Moser's valuable study charts the forgotten story of a key dynamic on the first two centuries of US foreign policy: Anglophobia. Here we read the full story of its last flowering as a component in American interwar neutrality and wartime politics before Twisting the Lion's Tail melted into the alliance of the Cold War.' - Nicholas Cull, Professor of American Studies, University of Leicester '...the most significant piece of recent research in the field.' - Nicholas J. Cull, University of Leicester, Twentieth Century British History '...startling...so necessary. Written by an American professor in a style blessedly un-academic, this slender, fast-paced volume is a rarity among histories. Not only does it add to understanding, it supplies knowledge where there was almost none...this marvellous, disturbing book.' - Robert Sam Anson, History

• Acknowledgements Introduction The Most Imperialistic Nation on Earth The English Navy has Gone Mad An Alien Administration Tail to the British Kite Whom He Loveth He Chastiseth Ties of Blood and Language India and the Boer War, and All That Who Shall Lead the World Conclusion Bibliography Index