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02694aam a22005538i 4500 001 5B6664AAF79311E8BA923B1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20181204010734 008 180629s2018 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018002520 020 $a 0374250723 020 $a 9780374250720 035 $a (OCoLC)1019972309 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UOK $d IGA $d VP@ $d QQ3 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a E183.8.G7 $b L35 2018 082 00 $a 327.73041 $2 23 100 1 $a Leebaert, Derek, $e author. 245 10 $a Grand improvisation : $b America confronts the British superpower, 1945-1957 / $c Derek Leebaert. 246 30 $a America confronts the British superpower, 1945-1957 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1810 264 1 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2018. 300 $a 612 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The three in 1945 -- Keynes & Co. -- Entering the Middle East -- False starts -- Warfare states -- Year of the offensive -- Defending the west -- The outer fortress: protecting the Middle East, Africa, and Asia -- Auditing an empire -- Pivoting to Asia and into Vietnam -- War on the rim -- Asia's three fighting fronts -- "Holding the ring" in Iran and Egypt -- Churchill is back -- Stemming the tide -- Coronations and crises -- The break points of 1954 -- Ordering chaos -- No end of a lesson -- What happened next -- Conclusion. 520 $a "A bold new view of the U.S. rise to supremacy, and its collision with a British Empire that wouldn't step aside."--Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Relations $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Relations $z United States. 650 0 $a World politics $y 1945-1955. 650 7 $a International relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977053 650 7 $a World politics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01181381 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a 1945-1955 $2 fast 655 4 $a Nonfiction. 941 $a 6 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710043228.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010020252.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191126013707.0 952 $l DHPB993 $d 20190418013236.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20190117010445.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103015939.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5B6664AAF79311E8BA923B1497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search