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Joseph Smith is a reader in American diplomatic history in the department of history at Exeter University, England. An expert on American foreign relations, especially with Latin America, he has conducted archival research in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain and is a member of the Council of the Historical Association of Great Britain. He has written several books, including The Cold War, 1945-1991 and A History of Brazil; he has also been the editor for several years of History, the journal of the Historical Association of Great Britain. Simon Davis is an assistant professor of history at the Bronx Community College, City University of New York. A specialist on Anglo-American diplomatic relations in the 20th century, he is also interested in military and naval history, having taught for some years at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England. His publications include articles in Diplomacy and Statecraft and the Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature and the R.U.S.I./Brasseys' Defence Yearbook.