In January 1948 Secretary of State, George C Marshall, (left) and US Ambassador to Britain, Lewis Douglas, wait to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the 'Marshall Plan For Aid To Europe'.
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TopFotoThe special relationship between Britain and the US, first originating from close collaboration in defeating Nazi Germany, changed with historical needs. The declining stature of Britain as a global superpower played a part in the changing rapport.
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Further reading
- Baylis, J., Anglo-American Defence Relations 1939-1984 (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1984)
- Hollowell, J., ed., Twentieth Century Anglo-American Relations (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001)
