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The lion and the eagle - of twisted tails and plucked feathers, a briefdigression on method, identifying the contours of the relationship; assertionand response 1900-1919, resolving differences and changing defence policies,economic rivalry, the impact of war, associated but not allied; stability andchange 1919-1939, debts, navies and economic policies 1920-1925, security andeconomic depression 1925-1934, the dictates of sentiment and the needs ofself interest 1934-1939; in war and Cold War 1939-1951, intelligence, atomicand military co-operation 1941-1945, personal relations, postwar securityplans, economic policy, an incomplete restoration of special relations1946-1951; conservatively special 1951-1961, Churchill and Truman - Churchilland Eisenhower 1951-1955, the Far and Middle East; Suez and its consequences1956-1961, into the 1960s; years of transition 1961-1979, economic policies,nuclear defence, sterling, defence and Bretton Woods 1964-1970, on loosingones way 1970-1974, picking up the pieces 1974-1979; of interests andsentiment 1980-1995 and beyond, Reagan and Thatcher 1981-1989, changing andre-adjustments 1990-1995, concluding observations.