Journal of Transatlantic Studies

March 2005, Volume 3, Supplement 1, pp 31–42 | Cite as

Winston Churchill and American Foreign Relations: John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush

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• John Dumbrell
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1. 1.University of LeicesterUK