John Dumbrell is Professor of Government at Durham University, UK.

'[A] highly readable, stimulating and thought-provoking analysis... It should be widely read' - Ann Lane, Argentia '[A] worthy successor to an already excellent first edition. Dumbrell's scholarship is wide-ranging, meticulous and clearly laid out [and] the plaudits for the first edition will undoubtedly be extended to this one too' - Andrew Williams, Argentia

• IntroductionTransatlantic AttitudesThe House that Jack and Mac BuiltLyndon Johnson to Jimmy CarterReagan and George H.W. BushAfter the Cold War: Clinton and George W. BushNuclear and Intelligence CooperationWar: Vietnam, the Falklands and the GulfBritain, the United States and European IntegrationIrelandConclusion.