This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative survey of the field. Starting with the crucial period of the First World War and ending with the equally complex question of the second Iraq War, the study has an emphasis on British perceptions of the Entente.

Introduction: 'Britain's Most Enduring Special Relationship'; A.Capet 'French people have a peculiar facility for being misrepresented': British Perceptions of France in the Great War; J.Ramsden Lloyd George and Clemenceau: Prima Donnas in Partnership; K.O'Morgan Behind the Façade of the Entente Cordiale after the Great War; R.Boyce Entente and Argument: Britain, France and Disarmament, 1899-1934; A.Webster British Communists and Anglo-French Relations between the Wars; A.Thorpe Churchill and de Gaulle: Makers and Writers of History; D.Reynolds The Singularity of Suez in Post War Anglo-French Relations: Une Entente mal entendue ; P.Catterall De Gaulle and Anglo-French Mésentente , 1958-67; J.Ellison Franco-British Relations during the Wilson Years, 1964-70; J.W.Young From Heath to Thatcher, 1970-90; J.Campbell A Complex Alliance: the Explosive Chemistry of Franco-British Relations in the Post-Cold War World; K.Larres Index