Preface; P.Bell Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: Choppy Channel Waters: The Crests and Troughs of Anglo-French Defence Relations Between the Wars; M.S.Alexander & W.J.Philpott Growing Respect: The Royal Navy and the Marine Nationale, 1918-39; A.Clayton An Argument Without End: Britain, France and the Disarmament Process, 1925-34; A.Webster Britain, France and the Emerging Italian Threat, 1935-38; R.M.Salerno France, Britain and the Making of the Anglo-French Alliance, 1938-9; T.Imlay Intelligence in Anglo-French Relations Before the Outbreak of the Second World War; P.Jackson & J.A.Maiolo Imperial Defence or Diversionary Attack? Anglo-French Strategic Planning in the Near East 1936-40; M.Thomas Preparing to Feed Mars: Anglo-French Economic Coordination and the Coming of War, 1937-40; M.S.Alexander The Benefit of Experience? The Supreme War Council and the Higher Management of Coalition War, 1939-40; W.J.Philpott Index