2016
DOI: 10.1080/14794012.2016.1230258
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Churchill, Fulton and the Anglo-American special relationship: setting the agenda?

Abstract: Churchill is often deemed to have failed at Fulton in delivering 'the crux' of what he came to secure, namely a special Anglo-American relationship based in both interest and 'fraternal association'. As other contributions to this special edition demonstrate, there are good grounds for this verdict. However we ask whether, and if so in what ways, Churchill was actually able in and through the Sinews of Peace speech to set the agenda and frame the terms of discussion for the later emergence of a special relatio… Show more

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“…76 This mythical dimension, of course, can be traced to Churchill's selective reading of Anglo-American history and to his blend of interest and sentiment such that the special relationship was given natural justification and its contingency appeared eternal. Though the 'special relationship' was slow to gain traction, 77 once it did so it constituted a semiological system that was, and still is, popularly consumed as a factual system rather than as a system of values. 78 As such, Macmillan's discursive reconstruction of Anglo-American relations through the concept of interdependence largely succeeded because it was done within the parameters of the special relationship.…”
Section: Red Lines and Contoursmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…76 This mythical dimension, of course, can be traced to Churchill's selective reading of Anglo-American history and to his blend of interest and sentiment such that the special relationship was given natural justification and its contingency appeared eternal. Though the 'special relationship' was slow to gain traction, 77 once it did so it constituted a semiological system that was, and still is, popularly consumed as a factual system rather than as a system of values. 78 As such, Macmillan's discursive reconstruction of Anglo-American relations through the concept of interdependence largely succeeded because it was done within the parameters of the special relationship.…”
Section: Red Lines and Contoursmentioning
confidence: 99%