This book draws together some of the most established and best emergent scholars in a timely, critical celebration of Churchill's contribution to establishing the Anglo-American special relationship. 'The scholarly essays provide interesting and detailed observations into the post-war special relationship from various viewpoints. ...an insightful and original addition to the study of Winston Churchill.'--Brad Tolppanen, A Blog on Winston Churchill 'The purpose of the volume is to move beyond the more traditional focus on the political, diplomatic and security foundations of the relationship and to explore other avenues of approach. So, the exploration of the role played by factors such as common Anglo-American values, traditions, memorialisation and commemoration loom large in this volume. Interdisciplinary perspectives are provided from the disciplines of political science by Haglund and Vucetic, and linguistics by Marchi and Lorenzo-Dus. Historians can certainly learn from these approaches which alert us both to the importance of the pursuit of abstract concepts over time, and to a more methodical analysis of the use of language in the construction of the past (and present.' -- Nigel Ashton, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK