This volume of essays focuses on two areas of research: Anglo-French relations and the diplomacy of the Second World War. The essays are the results of original research and, taken together, they offer new insights into and interpretations of key aspects of twentieth-century diplomacy. Theessays are principally concerned with the period 1914-1945, but also include a wide-ranging chapter on Anglo-French relations which traverses the centuries and takes the debate beyond the confines of narrow diplomatic history.The contributors to this book are well-known and widely-published in their areas of research - some, including M. R. D. Foot and Geoffrey Warner, enjoy distinguished international reputations.