NIGEL J. ASHTON is Lecturer in International History the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser.

General Editor's Preface Preface Introduction The Laotian Crisis The Berlin Crisis The Castro Question and the Cuban Missile Crisis The Middle East The Congo Crisis The EEC Application Interdependence and the British Nuclear Deterrent The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Conclusion Bibliography Index

Nigel J. Ashton analyses Anglo-American relations during a crucial phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy-makers on both sides of the Atlantic used the term 'interdependence' to describe their relationship this concept had different meanings in London and Washington. The Kennedy Administration sought more centralized control of the Western alliance, whereas the Macmillan Government envisaged an Anglo-American partnership. This gap in perception gave rise to a 'crisis of interdependence' during the winter of 1962-3, encompassing issues as diverse as the collapse of the British EEC application, the civil war in the Yemen, the denouement of the Congo crisis and the fate of the British independent nuclear deterrent.