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954364
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b708734
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Smith, Kevin,1962-
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| Title & Author
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Conflict over convoys : : Anglo-American logistics diplomacy in the Second World War /\ Kevin Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1996.
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1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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0511523750
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: 9780511523755
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0521497256
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0521520304
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9780521497251
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. 'Not what it could or should be': Britain's shipping situation -- 2. 'Beyond our power without your help': Britain's Battle of the Atlantic -- 3. 'But westward, look, the land is bright': American shipping assistance from neutrality to belligerency, March 1941-November 1942 -- 4. Roosevelt's promise: 'Your requirements will be met' -- 5. The Casablanca Conference and its aftermath: a 'most curious misunderstanding' -- 6. Reaping the whirlwind: the perils of impending victory -- Postscript and conclusions -- Appendices.
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Conflict over Convoys examines the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of Anglo-American diplomacy, deepening our understanding of Allied grand strategy, British industrial policy, and operations TORCH and OVERLORD. Failure to build and maintain enough ships to feed the people and wage war made Britain dependent upon American-built merchant ships and American logistical support, yet British strategists aspired to dominate Allied strategy, while Roosevelt mismanaged merchant shipping allocations. The resulting gap between strategic ambition and logistical reality embittered the controversy over the 'Second Front'. Victory in the Atlantic finally led to American dominance of Allied logistics diplomacy and strategy. Conflict over Convoys relates these tensions to the decline of British hegemony and the rise of the USA to global influence.
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Merchant marine-- United States.
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Strategy.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Diplomatic history.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Equipment and supplies.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Atlantic Ocean.
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Diplomatic history.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Equipment and supplies.
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Merchant marine.
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Strategy.
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, United States.
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United States, Foreign relations, Great Britain.
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Atlantic Ocean.
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Great Britain.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/22
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| LC Classification
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D753.S55 1996eb
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