James Cooper is Senior Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Previously he was the 20th Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History at Westminster College, Missouri, USA, and Lecturer in Modern History at Aberystwyth University. In May 2016, Dr. Cooper was a Visiting Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

In this sweeping new study, James Cooper shows how American policy towards Ireland from Presidents Kennedy to Obama has played a central role in both U.S. domestic and foreign policy for over a half century. Well-written and based on exhaustive multiarchival research, Cooper is the first to so thoroughly cover the subject. What emerges is a book that is essential reading for all students of the presidency and U.S.-Irish relations.

• AcknowledgementsAuthor biographyAcronyms Introduction1: The Johnson, Nixon and Ford administrations2: The Carter administration3: The Reagan and Bush administrations4: The Clinton administrationConclusionSelect Bibliography