This remarkable collection of essays is the result of an international conference of American, British, and Canadian scholars held at Memorial University of Newfoundland that marked the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting.

The Atlantic Charter - Introduction: The Making of a Commemoration: The Atlantic Charter Fifty Years Later; D.Brinkley & D.R.Facey-Crowther - Commemorative Remarks at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland; The Honorable W.J.vanden Heuvel, U.S. Ambassador E.Ney & British High Commissioner B.Fall - The First Summit: FDR and the Riddle of Personal Diplomacy; T.A.Wilson - Roosevelt, the Sea, and International Security; G.Smith - The Atlantic Charter: Idea and Reality, 1942-1945; L.Gardner - The Atlantic Charter: 'With All Deliberate Speed'; W.F.Kimball - The Man Who Wasn't There: Mackenzie King, Canada and the Atlantic Charter; J.L.Granatstein - British Foreign Policy and the Churchill-Roosevelt Meeting of August 1941; D.Reynolds - The Atlantic Charter and its Charter: A Canadian's Reflections; J.Eayrs - An Eyewitness Account of the Atlantic Charter Meeting; D.Robinson - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Index