Post-War Planning on the Periphery : : Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy in South America, 1939–1945 / / Thomas C. Mills.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Mills, Thomas C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations : ESAAR
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World WarThomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy. Based on extensive archival research and a thorough knowledge of the secondary literature, this is a major addition to the study of Anglo-American relations in the 20th century.Explores a number of topics relevant to the broader process of post-war economic diplomacy:The Lend-Lease Export White Paper and its effects on British exports to South AmericaEconomic warfare policies such as blacklisting and the Axis replacement programmeParticular industries which had a strategic value as well as commercial importance, such as telecommunicationsEnterprises which took on an importance beyond their intrinsic worth, such as the central Brazilian railway

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The US and Britain in South America (c. 1800 to 1939) -- 2 US Criticisms and British Mollification (Autumn 1939 to Winter 1941–2) -- 3 British Suspicions and Attempts at Cooperation (Winter 1941–2 to Autumn 1942) -- 4 Challenges to Multilateralism and the Return of British Suspicions (Autumn 1942 to Spring 1943) -- 5 The Quest for a Self-denying Ordinance (Spring 1943 to Winter 1944–5) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index