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The complicated relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

John Charmley
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Anglo-American relations have always been complicated by mythology. On the American side are the legends spawned by the revolt of the thirteen colonies against the tyranny of George III and Lord North and the resulting legacy of anti-imperialism and an enduring suspicion of the British. On the British side, the myth of the 'special relationship' has often led British statesmen to expect more co-operation and gratitude from the Americans than from mere foreigners such as the French or the Germans. It has been the British, on the whole, who have failed to remember that a core of common interests does not necessarily produce a core of common approach.

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Review article
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Review of International Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 165 - 173
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1984

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