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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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1 THE SECOND BALDWIN GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES, NOVEMBER I924-JUNE 1929

Austen Chamberlain, the Cabinet, and the United States

The Chamberlain Foreign Office, the diplomatic service, and the United States

2 FOREIGN OFFICE PERCEPTION OF REPUBLICAN FOREIGN POLICY, NOVEMBER I924-MAY I927

The blockade claims controversy

The lessons of the blockade claims controversy

3 THE ONSET OF NAVAL DEADLOCK, JUNE-AUGUST 1927

The cruiser question

The Coolidge conference

4 BELLIGERENT VERSUS NEUTRAL RIGHTS, AUGUST-DECEMBER I927

British reaction to the naval deadlock

The Foreign Office and belligerent rights

5 THE PACT TO RENOUNCE WAR, JANUARY-JULY 1928

6 ARBITRATION, BELLIGERENT RIGHTS, AND DISARMAMENT, JANUARY-JULY I928

The renewal of the Anglo-American arbitration treaty

The Anglo-French disarmament compromise

7 THE CRISIS IN ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1928

The rejection of the disarmament compromise

The Foreign Office under attack

Coolidge's call for American naval superiority

8 THE AMERICAN QUESTION RESOLVED, NOVEMBER 1928-juNE 1929

The Foreign Office response to its critics

The triumph of Austen Chamberlain's American policy

Anglo-American relations, 1929-1930

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