N. Ashton

Kennedy, MacMillan and the Cold War

The Irony of Interdependence

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Produktbeschreibung

Nigel J. Ashton analyses Anglo-American relations during a crucial phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy-makers on both sides of the Atlantic used the term 'interdependence' to describe their relationship this concept had different meanings in London and Washington. The Kennedy Administration sought more centralized control of the Western alliance, whereas the Macmillan Government envisaged an Anglo-American partnership. This gap in perception gave rise to a 'crisis of interdependence' during the winter of 1962-3, encompassing issues as diverse as the collapse of the British EEC application, the civil war in the Yemen, the denouement of the Congo crisis and the fate of the British independent nuclear deterrent.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary History in Context
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-40346-2
• 1st ed. 2002
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781349403462
• ISBN-10: 1349403466
• Artikelnr.: 45068476

Autorenporträt

NIGEL J. ASHTON is Lecturer in International History the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser.

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's Preface Preface Introduction The Laotian Crisis The Berlin Crisis The Castro Question and the Cuban Missile Crisis The Middle East The Congo Crisis The EEC Application Interdependence and the British Nuclear Deterrent The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Conclusion Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'He brings a fresh perspective...[a] deeply researched and elegantly written monograph...' - Andrew Preston, H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews

'...an informative case study of the interaction of the two powers during the many crises of those years.' - L.M. Lees, Choice