Contents -- Introduction -- The Colonial Factor in Anglo-Dutch Relations, 1780-1820 -- The Dutch and the British Umbrella 1813-1870 -- Related but Unequal Partners in Imperialism, 1870-1914 -- Anglo-Dutch Relations during the First World War -- Anglo-Dutch Relations and the Kaiser Question, 1918-1920 -- The 'Tommies' or the 'Jerries': Dutch Trade Problems in the Inter-War Period -- 'A Certain Liaison In Peace': Britain And Dutch Security Policy, 1933-1938 -- British Perceptions of the Netherlands and the Threat of War, 1938-1940 -- 'Goodbye, Mr. Churchill': Anglo-Dutch Relations during the Second World War -- The Netherlands, Great Britain and the Indonesian Revolution, 1945-1950 -- Dutch-British Commercial Relations in a European Context, 1945-1960 -- Too Close A Friend?: The Netherlands and the First British Application to the EEC, 1961-1963 -- 'The Second Try': the Netherlands in Britain's Strategy for EEC Entry, 1966-1967 -- Anglo-Dutch Relations during the Early 1970s: The Oil Crisis -- Postscript -- CV's -- Index.