UID:
almahu_9948635440902882
Format:
1 online resource (192 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9781526137203
Series Statement:
Manchester International Relations
Content:
Drawing upon an extensive range of archival and secondary sources from both sides of the Atlantic, this pioneering book provides the first full-length study of the controversial personal relationship between Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, often drawing on material that has only recently been opened to the public. Whilst Wilson was a firm supporter of the idea of a 'special relationship' between Britain and the United States and wanted to use his dealings with the White House to strengthen his credentials as a world statesman, Johnson held the British leader in low esteem and disdained the idea of a 'special' Anglo-American relationship. Difficulties stemming from the Vietnam War, British economic weakness and the UK's abrogation of its world power status exacerbated the strain between Wilson and Johnson, leading to what was probably the most fractious and troubled of all the relationships between British prime ministers and American presidents. The work also explores the more general nature of Anglo-American bonds in this period, arguing that the impact of the substantive issues, along with the limitations of the relationship between Wilson and Johnson, led to a serious weakening of the high-level ties between Britain and the United States. This book will be of vital interest to students of British and US foreign policy, of Anglo-American relations, and summit diplomacy, as well as to those with an interest in Harold Wilson and Lyndon Johnson themselves.
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Made available via: manchesterhive.
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Acknowledgements --Abbreviations --Introduction --1. The approach to the summit --2. The Washington summit, 7-9 December 1964 --3. From discord to cordiality, January–April 1965 --4. 'A battalion would be worth a billion'? May-December 1965 --5. Dissociation, January-July 1966 --6. A declining relationship, August 1966-September 1967 --7. One ally among many, October 1967-December 1968 --Conclusion: Harold Wilson and Lyndon B. Johnson: a 'special relationship'? --Select bibliography --Index.
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Also available in print form.
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader (latest version recommended), Internet Explorer or other browser (latest version recommended).
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In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Colman, Jonathan. A 'special relationship'? Harold Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson and Anglo-American relations 'at the summit', 1964-68 , Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780719070105
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526137203
URL:
http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526137203/9781526137203.xml
