STEVE MARSH is Director of European Union Studies at Cardiff University. He has research interests in postwar American foreign policy, Anglo-American relations and European Union foreign policies. His last book was the co-authored US Foreign Policy Since 1945 and he is currently working on a co-authored International Relations of the European Union.

'[A]n important new perspective on the Iranian crisis...' - International Affairs

• Introduction The Special Relationship of 1950 Formative Times From Dispute to Crisis The Special Relationship of 1952 Escaping the Special Relationship 'Trap' Enter the Republicans Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography