Thatcher's diplomacy : the revival of British foreign policy

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Thatcher's diplomacy : the revival of British foreign policy

Paul Sharp

(Contemporary history in context series)

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1999

reprint(with new preface)

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 264-265

Includes index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780312164409

Description

Sharp (political science, U. of Minnesota) reviews Margaret Thatcher's career as an international stateswoman, providing a more sympathetic approach to her international record than academia's generally unflattering treatment. He assesses British foreign policy and diplomacy before and under Thatch
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333688106

Description

A wide-ranging, readable and controversial assessment of Thatcher's foreign policy throughout her years in office, 1979-90. Successive chapters cover her partnership with Lord Carrington, the Falklands War, her American policy, her fights with the EC over money and institutional development, her relationship with Gorbachev, and the failure of her German policy. In arguing that Thatcher's attempt to reconcile economic liberalism with political nationalism in a more assertive foreign policy prefigured the emerging statecraft of post-Cold War great power politics, Paul Sharp demonstrates why studying her successes and failures offers an invaluable guide for policy-makers around the world today.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 1999 Edition Preface (1997) Introduction The Pursuit of Influence Foreign Policy and the 1979 Election Campaign The Thatcher-Carrington Partnership The Diplomacy of Disaster, Losing the Falklands Recovering the Falklands, the Diplomacy of War Thatcher's US Policy I, the Diplomacy of Support Thatcher's US Policy II, the Diplomacy of Interests Thatcher's European Policy I, the Demandeur Thatcher's European Policy II, Sovereignty and Nationalism Thatcher's Soviet Policy, Diplomacy at the Summit Thatcher's German Policy, the 'Unambiguous Failure' Thatcher's Statesmanship Notes Select Bibliography Index

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