Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War Thomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy.
Introduction
The US and Britain in South America (1800cc.1939)
US Criticisms and British Mollification (Autumn 1939Winter 19411942)
British Suspicions and Attempts at Cooperation (Winter 19411942Autumn
1942)
Challenges to Multilateralism and the Return of British Suspicions (Autumn
1942Spring 1943)
The Quest for a Self-Denying Ordinance (Spring 1943Winter 19441945)
Conclusion
Thomas C. Mills is a Lecturer in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Lancaster University. His previous publications include "Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy during the Second World War and the Electrification of the Central Brazilian Railway", Diplomacy and Statecraft, (March 2009), and "The 'Hemisphere Isolationists' and Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy during the Second World War", Journal of Transatlantic Studies, (March 2011). He gained his PhD from Brunel University in 2010.
