From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 22:43:14 MDT
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 08:43, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> I think you are assuming that there was some sort of rivalry between the
> US and Britain in the postwar period. This isn't so, the US assumed
> control of a lot of British assets as a matter of Britain paying off its
> Lend/Lease, wartime, and reconstruction debts, all of which was agreed
> to years before by Roosevelt and Churchill.
I think you're assuming there was no rivarly. Did lend/lease agreements
include post-colonial spheres of influence? Try googling on
"british-american rivalry", you'll find plenty relevant to the post-WWII
Middle East.
Mike Linksvayer
http://gondwanaland.com/ml/
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