Acknowledgements List of Maps Introduction The Soviet and American Initiatives, 1945 Byrnes, Bevin and the Temporary Settlement, 1946 Anglo-American Cooperation on Cyrenaica, 1946-7 The Failure of the Four Powers, 1947-8 The UN Settlement, 1948-9 Implementing the UN Resolutions, 1949-52 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the detailed historical attention which they merit. Based on extensive research in British and American archives, this book will seek to analyse British and US policy on this question within its Cold War context.

SAUL KELLY is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Westminster. He specialises in Anglo-American relations since 1945 and has published a book of the Suez crisis and several articles on aspects of the transatlantic relationship. He is currently working on a study of the Washington Embassy of Sir Roger Makins, 1953-6.