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During 1945, after the German surrender, Britain tended to be the odd man out in dealings between the Americans and Russians as they set about settling the affairs of the post-war world. Both Churchill and, after the Labour victory in the election, Clement Attlee and Ernest Bevin had to struggle or plead to prevent Britain from being down-graded or shut out.
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© 1983 Elisabeth Barker
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Barker, E. (1983). 1945: Odd Man Out. In: The British between the Superpowers, 1945–50. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05761-0_2
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