This provides an account of the "special relationship" between Britain and the US from start to finish over 50 years. The book is based on interviews with politicians, ambassadors, officials and armed forces commanders on both sides of the Atlantic. The author has assembled newsworthy stories, including revelations over American aid to Britain during the Falklands War, Macmillan's conduct during the Cuban missile crisis, how the CIA and MI6 ousted Mossadeq in Iran, the activities of the superspy Oleg Gordievsky, and how President Bush sidelined Margaret Thatcher when the Berlin Wall came down.
- ISBN10 0297814869
- ISBN13 9780297814863
- Publish Date 24 March 1994 (first published 15 March 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English