Sylvia Ellis

Biographic Data

ID6584020
NAMESylvia Ellis
GIVEN NAMESSylvia
FAMILY NAMEEllis
SIGNATUREELLIS S
AFFILIATIONSNorthumbria University
ORCID0000-0001-5358-9558
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • British public opinion and the Vietnam war

    Open AccessSylvia EllisARTICLEJournal of Transatlantic Studies2020References: 8

  • Interdependence day and Magna Charta

    Donald Macraild, Sylvia Ellis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transatlantic Studies2014Cited by: 1References: 3

  • Promoting solidarity at home and abroad

    Sylvia Ellis, Sylvia A EllisARTICLEEuropean Review of History Revue…2014Cited by: 5References: 3

    This article explores the nature, tactics and effectiveness of the vocal anti-Vietnam war movement in Britain. It focuses on the rhetoric and actions of a range of different groups, from the far-Left Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, to the broad-Left British Council for Peace in Vietnam and the labour movement. It asks how far the anti-war opposition was able to shape both government policy and public debate on the war, and positions the British oppo…

  • Post-war planning on the periphery

    Sylvia EllisARTICLEJournal of Transatlantic Studies2013

  • A Special Relationship under Scrutiny

    Sylvia EllisARTICLEDiplomatic History2011

    Journal Article A Special Relationship under Scrutiny Get access Burk Kathleen. Old World, New World: The Story of Britain and America. London: Little Brown, 2008. xvi + 830pp. Notes, illustrations, index. £25.00/$35.00 (cloth). Sylvia Ellis Sylvia Ellis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 51–54, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2010.00917.x Publis…

  • A foreign policy success? LBJ and transatlantic relations

    Sylvia EllisARTICLEJournal of Transatlantic Studies2010References: 2

  • The historical significance of President Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963

    Sylvia Ellis, Sylvia A EllisARTICLEIrish Studies Review2008Cited by: 2References: 7

    President John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963 was the first by a serving American President. Using materials from archives in London, Dublin, and Boston, this article re-assesses the motives behind Kennedy's decision to visit Ireland and concludes that it was largely a personal journey. However, the trip was not without wider historical and political significance and was surrounded by controversy. The visit was unpopular in the United…

  • Britain, America, and the Vietnam War

    Sylvia EllisBOOKBritain, America, and the Vietnam…2004

    Isolated by much of the world for its conduct of the war in Vietnam, the United States saw British support as a key component of its efforts to sway public opinion. This is the first serious examination of the impact of the Vietnam War on the Anglo-American special relationship during the years of the Johnson presidency. Using recently released government papers, oral interviews, and transcripts of presidential phone conversations, Ellis discusse…

  • British Involvement in Vietnam Peace Initiatives, 1966-1967

    John Dumbrell, Sylvia EllisARTICLEDiplomatic History2003

    This article is the first detailed examination of a famous British peace initiative that proved to be a major incident in the history of Anglo-American relations in the 1960s and the Vietnam War peace negotiations. The article traces the evolution of the Harold Wilson-Andrei Kosygin peace initiative of February 1967 and situates it within a plethora of secret, third-party involvement in trying to find an end to the war. It also places the initiat…