TY - BOOK AU - Treharne,Sally-Ann TI - Reagan and Thatcher's special relationship: Latin America and Anglo-American relations T2 - Edinburgh studies in Anglo-American relations SN - 9780748686070 (ebook) AV - E183.8.G7 T74 2015 U1 - 327.73041/0904 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Reagan, Ronald. KW - Thatcher, Margaret. KW - Falkland Islands War, 1982 KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Great Britain KW - 1981-1989 KW - 1979-1997 KW - Grenada KW - History KW - American Invasion, 1983 N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017) N2 - A unique insight into one of the most controversial political relationships in recent history. The Falklands War, the US invasion of Grenada, the Anglo-Guatemalan dispute over Belize and the US involvement in Nicaragua - in the 1980s, these crises threatened to overwhelm a renewal in US-UK relations. Sally-Ann Treharne vividly portrays the role of personal diplomacy between US President Ronald Reagan and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in overcoming obstacles to Anglo-American relations emanating from the turbulent Latin American region in the final years of the Cold War. Drawing on recently declassified documents and elite interviews with key protagonists that reveal candid recollections, she highlights the pivotal moments in Reagan and Thatcher's shared history from a new vantage point UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9780748686070/type/BOOK ER -