The USA's policy towards Britain & Europe

After WW2 there was no sign that the USA…

envisioned any long-term military or political entanglement in Europe beyond the time it would take to establish, political & economic reconstruction

the USA was going back to its pre-war policy of…

isolationism

who was Dean Acheson

Assistant Secretary of State

who was William Clayton

under-secretary of state

what happened in July 1945

Acheson & Clayton warned that Europe would starve and struggle until the USA helped

Acheson & Clayton warned that the stability of…

international democracy depended on the USA helping Europe

Dean Acheson was one of the architects of the..

Marshall Plan

Acheson was committed to…

the concept of containment & stopping the spread of communism on a global scale

Acheson was very influential in the USA’s..

early Cold War policy

Britain represented a…

politically stable state amid the less stable mainland European states

the USA’s route into Europe came through….

its special relationship with Britain

Britain was the….in preserving the special relationship between the USA & UK

driving force

The USA needed Britain & its role and influence just as much as the UK needed…

the USA to reinforce its own international status