TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robb,Thomas
TI  - A strained partnership?: US-UK relations in the era of dťente, 1969-77
SN  - 9781526129383
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - International relations
KW  - bicssc
KW  - 1969-1977
KW  - diplomacy
KW  - Edward Heath
KW  - Europe
KW  - European Economic Community
KW  - foreign policy
KW  - Gerald Ford
KW  - Harold Wilson
KW  - Henry Kissinger
KW  - IMF Crisis
KW  - London
KW  - Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
KW  - NATO
KW  - nuclear co-operation
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Politics
KW  - Richard Nixon
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - special relationship
KW  - transatlantic  relations
KW  - US-UK relations
KW  - US-UK relationship
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This is the first monograph-length study that charts the coercive diplomacy of the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as practised against their British ally in order to persuade Edward Heath's government to follow a more amenable course throughout the 'Year of Europe' and to convince Harold Wilson's governments to lessen the severity of proposed defence cuts. Such diplomacy proved effective against Heath but rather less so against Wilson. It is argued that relations between the two sides were often strained, indeed, to the extent that the most 'special' elements of the relationship were suspended. Yet, the relationship also witnessed considerable co-operation. This book offers new perspectives on US and UK policy towards British membership of the European Economic Community; demonstrates how US dťente policies created strain; reveals the temporary shutdown of US-UK intelligence and nuclear co-operation, and re-evaluates the US-UK relationship throughout the IMF Crisis
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/71dd1404-7cd4-46ff-856a-042b456c9cf9/644194.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45634
ER  -