Beschreibung:
This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States.
An analysis of the Heath Government's attempt to forge an American-European 'special relationship' from the Anglo-American one, initially with the compliance of the Nixon Administration
Introduction Heath's European Ideas and Nixon's New Foreign Policy Anglo-American Economic and Monetary Affairs The Anglo-American Nuclear Special Relationship Anglo-American Policy Towards European Integration Anglo-American Diplomacy and Détente Conclusion Bibliography