1. World War. The origins of 'The Second World War' : historical discourse and international politics ; 1940 : fulcrum of the twentieth century? ; Churchill, Roosevelt, and the wartime Anglo-American alliance -- 2. Churchill. Churchill and the British 'decision' to fight on in 1940 : right policy, wrong reasons ; Churchill the appeaser? : between Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin, 1940-1944 ; Churchill and Allied grand strategy in Europe, 1944-1945 : the erosion of British influence -- 3. Roosevelt. The president and the king : the diplomacy of the British royal visit of 1939 ; The president and the British Left : the appointment of John Winant as US ambassador in 1941 ; The wheelchair president and his special relationships -- 4. 'Mixed up together'. Whitehall, Washington, and the promotion of American studies in Britain, 1941-1943 ; Churchill's government and the Black GIs, 1942-1943 ; GIs and Tommies: the Army 'inter-attachment' programme of 1943-1944 -- 5. Cold War. Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Stalin enigma, 1941-1945 ; Churchill, Stalin, and the 'Iron Curtain' ; The 'Big Three' and the division of Europe, 1945-1948 -- 6. Perspectives. Power and superpower : the impact of the Second World War on America's international role ; A 'special relationship'? : America, Britain, and the international order since the Second World War ; Culture, discourse, and policy : reflections on the new international history.