Heath, Nixon and the Rebirth of the Special Relationship: Britain, the US and the EC, 1969–74 (Global Conflict and Security since 1945)

Heath, Nixon and the Rebirth of the Special Relationship reveals a crucial juncture for the Anglo-American 'special relationship' in the years 1969-1974. 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 one; simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States. Britain pursued both an EC membership and a viable European union by the end of the nineteen-seventies in the hope of once more providing the US with an equal partner. The result though, was a formative failure and the rebirth of the 'special relationship'. This work offers an explanation of the expectations of a coming multipolar world among key decision-makers, especially Edward Heath's vision of Europe and of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger's attitudes to the Anglo-American 'special relationship'. "This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britains 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"--Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-9 Heath’s European Ideas as a Response to British Decline and Nixon’s New American Foreign Policy....Pages 10-43 Monetary Catharsis: Anglo-American Economic and Monetary Affairs....Pages 44-83 The Anglo-American Nuclear Special Relationship and New Interdependence....Pages 84-121 Anglo-American Policy Towards European Integration and the Rise of Henry Kissinger....Pages 122-160 Anglo-American Diplomacy: Cold War Warriors and Détente....Pages 161-202 Conclusion....Pages 203-222 Back Matter....Pages 223-293 This book provides a comparative study and holistic review of American and British propaganda policy toward the Soviet Union during the first fifteen years of the Cold War, ranging from the role senior policymakers played in setting propaganda policy to the West's radio broadcasts to the Soviet Union