Introduction -- The architect of modern Britain: the influence of the United States on Britain, 1945-1963 -- Terra incognita: the United States in the British imagination, 1945-1963 -- The British working class and the United States, 1963-1979 -- The United States and the politics of Thatcherism, 1979-1990 -- Culture wars: American global supremacy and British nationalism, 1990-2001 -- September 11 and after: from hostility to indifference, 2001-2013 -- Conclusion.