The Palgrave Handbook of Presidents and Prime Ministers From Cleveland and Salisbury to Trump and Johnson [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Patrick Cullinane, Martin Farr.

1. Introduction- Michael Patrick Cullinane -- 2. Presidents and Prime Ministers- Kathleen Burk -- 3. Grover Cleveland and Lord Salisbury: A Shared History- Andrew Ehrhardt and Charlie Laderman -- 4. Theodore Roosevelt and Arthur Balfour: Friendship without Familiarity- Michael Patrick Cullinane -- 5. Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George: Uncongenial Allies- John A. Thompson -- 6. Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Ramsey MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain: The Amelioration of Anglo-American Rivalry- B. J. C. McKercher -- 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill: Power Relations- Warren Dockter -- 8. Harry S. Truman and Clement Attlee: "Trouble Always Brings Us Together"- Clive Webb -- 9. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden: A Common Cause?- Justin Quinn Olmstead -- 10. John F. Kennedy and Harold Macmillan: Dependence and Interdependence- Nigel Ashton -- 11. Lyndon Johnson and Harold Wilson: Pragmatist v. Pragmatist- Sylvia Ellis -- 12. Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and James Callaghan: Personal Diplomacy and the Special Relationship- Todd Carter -- 13. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Not So "Special" Relationship?- James Cooper -- 14. John Major, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton: A Tale of Two Relationships- Victoria Honeyman -- 15. Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Tony Blair: The Search for Order- James Ellison -- 16. Barack Obama and David Cameron: The Ostensible Relationship- Martin Farr -- 17. Donald Trump and Theresa May: the incredible relationship- Martin Farr -- 18. Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: The Unfulfilled Relationship- Martin Farr -- 19. Conclusion- Gill Bennett.

This handbook examines the personal relationships between American presidents and British prime ministers. It aims to determine how personal diplomacy shaped the Anglo-American relationship and whether individual leaders made the relationship "special." From the great rapprochement of the 1890s to the Cold War and contemporary transatlantic rapport, the Anglo-American relationship has been one of global significance, making presidents and prime ministers central to international security, trade and commerce, culture, and communication. Naturally, it explores the ideas and convictions of presidents and prime ministers, the political parties they lead, as well as the political images constructed in the media and how the aura of the Anglo-American relationship might differ from the reality. With a deeper understanding of the leaders and the relationship they forge with their counterparts we come that much closer to appreciating the dynamics of transatlantic statecraft. .