Reagan and Thatcher's Special Relationship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23446459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally-Ann Treharne (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Reagan and Thatcher's Special Relationship (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748686063.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W3028006041 |
| ISBN | 9780748686063 |
| Open Library | OL28565493M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Reagan and Thatcher’s Special Relationship offers a unique insight into one of the most controversial political relationships in recent history. An insightful and original study, it provides a new regionally focused approach to the study of Anglo-American relations. The Falklands War, the US invasion of Grenada, the Anglo-Guatemalan dispute over Belize and the US involvement in Nicaragua are vividly reconstructed as Latin American crises that threatened to overwhelm a renewal in US-UK relations in the 1980s. Reagan and Thatcher’s efforts to normalise relations, both during and after the crises, reveal a mutual desire to strengthen Anglo-American ties and to safeguard individual foreign policy objectives whilst cultivating a close personal and political bond that was to last well beyond their terms in office. This ground-breaking reappraisal analyses pivotal moments in their shared history by drawing on the extensive analysis of recently declassified documents while elite interviews reveal candid recollections by key protagonists providing an alternative vantage point from which to assess the contentious ‘Special Relationship’. Sally-Ann Treharne offers a compelling look into the role personal diplomacy played in overcoming obstacles to Anglo-American relations emanating from the turbulent Latin American region in the final years of the Cold War.
Cold war · Diplomacy · Economic history · Elite · Foreign policy · Foreign relations · International relations · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Special Relationship · Transatlantic relations · Vietnam War · Australian History and Society · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · History · Law · 1981-1989 · 1982 · 20th century · Caribbean area · Falkland Islands War · foreign relations · Great britain · margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) · Nicaragua · ronald Reagan (1911-2004) · united states
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |