A penetrating new examination of the triangular political and cultural relationship between America, Britain, and continental Europe.

1. Introduction Jon Roper and John Baylis 2. The Idea of America and the Idea of Europe: Presidential Power and Constitutional Authority Jon Roper 3. The Old and the New: Germany and Poland in the Recalibration of Transatlantic Security Relations Kerry Longhurst 4. From Dispute to Consensus: The Emergence Transatlantic Opposition to Neo-conservatism Jean-Marie Ruiz 5. German Transatlanticism: between Narcissism and Nostalgia Wade Jacoby 6. Britain, the United States and Europe: To Choose or Not to Choose? John Baylis 7. The United States and the Common European Security and Defence Policy: No End to Drift Steve Marsh 8. Beyond NATO?: The European Security and Defence Project Jolyon Howorth 9. The Transatlantic Alliance in the Iraq Crisis Saki Ruth Dockrill 10. The Spies that Bind: Intelligence Cooperation between the UK, US and the EU Stan A. Taylor 11. Transatlantic Relations in a Global Economy Joseph A. McKinney 12. Political Economy: Divergence and Convergence Between the United States and Europe Craig Phelan 13. New World and Old Europe: American Screen Images of Britain and France Beatrice Heuser 14. 'Divided We Stand': US Rhetoric of Defence and Defensive European Politics Walter W. Holbling Bibliography Index