France, Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century 1900 - 1940 / Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations (PDF)

Andrew J. Williams is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. His main research interests include international history, and international conflict analysis. His most recent books include International History and International Relations (with Amelia Hadfield and Simon Rofe, 2012) and he is the co-editor of The International History Review.

'This fascinating volume asks important questions about the development of International Relations as a field of study since the early twentieth century, focusing on the three main Western democracies America, Britain and France. It is to be particularly welcomed for the way in which it fuses a profound understanding of both History and International Relations, showing that 'IR' itself has a history one that was largely shaped by changing global realities.' - John W. Young, University of Nottingham, UK

'A very original piece of research about three crocodiles living in the same swamp, where friendship, distrust and rivalry are a daily routine. This fascinating story is recounted by Andrew Williams who combines his talents of historian, political scientist and IR scholar to good effect.' - Bertrand Badie, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France

'By bringing France back into the story of the West as political project, Williams makes a seminal contribution to the study of

transatlantic security relations, one that will be welcomed not only by his fellow diplomatic historians, but also by political scientists and others with an interest in international relations theory and foreign policy analysis." - David Haglund, Queen's University, Canada

'Williams offers a much-needed corrective to the assumption that French economic, political and strategic ideas had little or no influence on modern IR theory and practice, he also provides a new lens through which we can gain a greater understanding of the deeper intellectual currents that helped shape and define the twentieth century world.' - David B. Woolner, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and co-editor of FDR's World: War Peace and Legacies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)

'Andrew Williams has written an important and illuminating study of the trans-Atlantic intellectual currents that have shaped contemporary theorising about the nature of international