Bamford, Tyler R

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2019

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Bamford, Tyler R

Advisor

Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-

Committee member

Lockenour, Jay, 1966-
Ryan, Eileen, 1978-
Biddle, Tami Davis, 1959-

Department

History

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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/492

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the relationship that developed between the British Army and the United States Army between 1917 and 1941. Although those two forces operated as allies during World War I, both nations’ leaders grew frustrated with each other following the Armistice and the Treaty of Versailles. Officers in both armies built on their positive wartime experiences, however, to ensure their armies viewed each other as prospective allies should a future global conflict arise. In the two decades after World War I, personal exchanges initiated by individual officers and information sharing between these two armies improved relations and encouraged cooperation in a number of areas. The resulting cordiality that spread to a majority of the officers in both armies manifested itself in their socializing, reports, war plans, professional journals, and personal papers. Long before President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill took steps toward forming the Anglo-American alliance during World War II, their nations’ armies laid the military foundation for the special relationship.

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"HANDS ACROSS THE SEA": THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, 1917-1941