Reagan and Thatcher's Special Relationship: Latin America and Anglo-American Relations

by Sally-Ann Treharne

Overview

The Falklands War, the US invasion of Grenada, the Anglo-Guatemalan dispute over Belize and the US involvement in Nicaragua – in the 1980s, these crises threatened to overwhelm a renewal in US–UK relations. US President Ronald Reagan and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s efforts to normalise relations, during and after these crises, reveal a mutual desire to strengthen Anglo-American ties and safeguard individual foreign policy objectives. At the same time, they cultivated a close political and personal bond that lasted well beyond their terms in office.
Sally-Ann Treharne vividly portrays the role of personal diplomacy in overcoming obstacles to Anglo–American relations emanating from the turbulent Latin American region in the final years of the Cold War. Drawing on recently declassified documents and candid interviews with key protagonists, she highlights the pivotal moments in Reagan and Thatcher's shared history from a new vantage point.
Interviewees include: Lord Geoffrey Howe, Lord Michael Heseltine, Lord Cecil Parkinson, Sir John Nott, Sir Bernard Ingham, Lord Charles Powell, Baroness Gloria Hooper, Sir Adrian Beamish, Lord Peter Carrington, Lord Neil Kinnock and Lord Timothy Bell

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748686063
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	06/03/2015
Series:	Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sally-Ann Treharne is Lecturer in the School of History/European Studies in UniversityCollege Cork, NUI. A former Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, she has a PhD in History along with an MA in International Relations and a BA in European Integration Studies/Italian. Her research lies in the field of contemporary history with a particular emphasis on the Reagan-Thatcher relationship and Anglo-American relations with Latin America.

Table of Contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1970s: A Decline in Anglo-American Specialness and US–UK Relations with Latin America; 2. The Special Relationship and the Falklands War; 3. Friend or Foe? The US Invades Grenada; 4. Vested Interests: US Involvement in the Anglo-Guatemalan Dispute; 5. Nicaragua: The Allies Stand Together; Conclusion; Appendix: Interviewees; Select Bibliography; Index.