This book provides a new interpretation of the economic dimension of the Cold War. It examines Anglo-American trade diplomacy towards the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. The book, which is based on research in American and British archives, presents new evidence to suggest that Anglo-American relations in East-West trade were characterised by friction and conflict as the two countries clashed over divergent commercial and strategic perceptions of the Soviet Union.

IAN JACKSON is Lecturer in International Relations and American Foreign Policy at De Montfort University.

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction The Origins of Economic Containment, 1947-48 The Response: Britain, Western Europe and East-West Trade, 1948-49 Divergent Strategies: American and British Economic Defence Policies in 1950 Compromise: America, Cocom and the Extension of the East-West Trade Embargo, 1950 Trade or Aid? American Isolationists and East-West Trade, 1950-51 Troubled Partners: Anglo-American Relations and the Battle Act in 1952 Relaxing the Embargo: Eisenhower, Churchill and East-West Trade, 1953-54 Economic Containment for the 'Long Haul', 1954-61 Conflict and Conciliation: Kennedy, Macmillan and East-West Trade, 1961-63 Conclusion Bibliography Index