[Place of publication not identified], Palgrave Macmillan
2014
Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Fall of Sterling 1938-9 and International Events Preface New Rules for an Old Game: The Shaping of Fourth Arm Concepts in a Fluid Environment, 1919-31 'On the Upgrade': Britain's Unwelcome Recovery 'The Destiny of Tomorrow': A Transatlantic Alliance Forms Against Ottawa, 1936 The Devil in the Detail: A Necessary Case for Economic Danger and the Formulation of the Fourth Arm Policy Between Hitler and Wall Street: Undeclared War versus Business as Usual, March-October 1938 'It Seems Like Insanity': The Anglo-American Trade Agreement of 1938 and the Point of No Return A 'Maginot Line for the Pound': Profligacy in Defence of a Bankrupt Policy, November 1938-January 1939 'Not a Damned Bit Good': The Concealed Catastrophe, 1939 Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography Index