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This book investigates the UK’s experience as a junior partner in the only Cold war conflict where some of the main protagonists confronted each other on the battlefield. The author assesses the strains within the ‘Special Relationship’ between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence.

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Hennessey ends with a fascinating chapter on the government’s
‘screening’ of released British POWs—aptly entitled ‘Manchurian candidates’—and
an epilogue on the Bermuda Conference of December 1953.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Invasion
2. To cross or not to cross: the 38th parallel
3. Enter the Dragon: China’s first intervention
4. Attlee in Washington
5. Divisions: January 1951
6. MacArthur goes
7. The long war
8. Breakthrough
Epilogue: Bermuda
Conclusion

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9780719088599, 978-0719088599
      ISBN10: 719088593

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book investigates the UK’s experience as a junior partner in the only Cold war conflict where some of the main protagonists confronted each other on the battlefield. The author assesses the strains within the ‘Special Relationship’ between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence.

      Trade Review

      Hennessey ends with a fascinating chapter on the government’s
      ‘screening’ of released British POWs—aptly entitled ‘Manchurian candidates’—and
      an epilogue on the Bermuda Conference of December 1953.

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Invasion
      2. To cross or not to cross: the 38th parallel
      3. Enter the Dragon: China’s first intervention
      4. Attlee in Washington
      5. Divisions: January 1951
      6. MacArthur goes
      7. The long war
      8. Breakthrough
      Epilogue: Bermuda
      Conclusion

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