The British Government and the Falkland Islands, 1974-79

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Springer, 2014 M09 2 - 270 páginas
Drawing on recently declassified government files, private papers and interviews, this book argues that through a combination of preventative diplomacy and robust defence planning, the Labour government of 1974-79 succeeded in maintaining peace, avoiding the fate of its Tory successors.
 

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Introduction
1
1 Leave This Poisoned Chalice Alone
21
3 A Sensational Hostage
71
4 Islands Surrounded by Advice
95
5 The Mixed Approach
115
6 Absentee Landlords
133
7 Defence of the Realm
158
8 No Talks Just Football
185
Conclusion
210
Notes
222
Select Bibliography
253
Index
258
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Aaron Donaghy is an IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests include twentieth-century British history and the history of international relations, particularly Anglo-American relations.

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