Renewing the Cold War Narrative of “Special” Anglo-American Relations: Commemoration, Performance, and the American Bicentennial

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Robert M. Hendershot, Steve Marsh
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This article uses the U.S. bicentennial as a case study to develop two themes about U.S.-British relations in the 1970s. First, the performative framework of commemoration was of considerable importance to the “special relationship.” The U.S. and British governments effectively used the bicentennial of an Anglo-American war to enact and popularize a distinctly useful historical narrative—a story of bilateral unity and strength, shared culture, eternal peace, and friendship—that was useful during the Cold War. Commemoration of the bicentennial signaled British recognition that historical and cultural ties offered a robust source of influence in Washington. Second, as the zenith of Anglo-American cooperation during World War II faded in collective memory, the political salience of commemorative events increased during the Cold War. They became contributory to and constitutive of a continually renewing public narrative of “special” Anglo-American relations that interwove times past, present, and future.
更新冷战时期 "特殊 "英美关系的叙事:纪念、表演与美国建国二百周年
本文以美国建国二百周年为案例,阐述了 20 世纪 70 年代美英关系的两个主题。首先,纪念活动的表演框架对 "特殊关系 "相当重要。美英两国政府有效地利用英美战争二百周年纪念活动,制定并普及了一种明显有用的历史叙事--双边团结与力量、共享文化、永恒和平与友谊的故事--这在冷战时期非常有用。二百周年纪念活动表明,英国认识到历史和文化纽带为其在华盛顿施加影响提供了强大的源泉。其次,随着二战期间英美合作的顶峰在集体记忆中逐渐消失,纪念活动的政治意义在冷战期间日益凸显。纪念活动成为英美 "特殊 "关系不断更新的公共叙事的助推器和构成要素,这种叙事将过去、现在和未来交织在一起。
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