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Auteur(s) : Watry, David M. (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Diplomacy at the brink [Texte imprimé] : Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War / David M. Watry
Publication : Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, copyright [2014]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical reference (pages 193-219) and index
"A groundbreaking new study of Anglo-American relations during the Cold War, Diplomacy
at the Brink argues for a reevaluation of Dwight D. Eisenhower's foreign policy toward
allies and enemies alike. Contrary to his reputation as a level-headed moderate, the
Eisenhower who emerges in David M. Watry's exhaustively researched book is a conservative
ideologue, a leader whose aggressively anti-Communist and anticolonialist foreign
policies represented a major shift away from the containment policy of the Truman
presidency. Watry contends that Eisenhower worked closely with John Foster Dulles
to engage in aggressive brinksmanship that diametrically opposed Winston Churchill's
diplomacy of "peaceful coexistence." At a time when British economic interests favored
cooperation with China, Eisenhower planned nuclear war against it; when Anthony Eden
considered Gamal Abdel Nasser a Soviet agent and invaded Egypt, Eisenhower supported
Arab nationalism and used economic and political blackmail to force Britain to withdraw.
Such stances fractured the "special relationship" between America and Great Britain
and played a vital role in the dissolution of the British Empire. Watry's thorough
examination of the important clash of U.S.-U.K. foreign policy demonstrates that America's
new anti-colonial policies and the unilateral use of American power against perceived
Communist threats put Eisenhower and Dulles on a collision course with Churchill and
Eden that rocked the world."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Eden, Anthony (1897-1977)
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1945-1970
Guerre froide
Indice(s) Dewey :
327.730 41 (23e éd.) = Relations extérieures - États-Unis - Îles Britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780807157183. - ISBN 080715718X. - ISBN 9780807157190. - ISBN 0807157198. -
ISBN 9780807157206. - ISBN 0807157201. - ISBN 9780807157213. - ISBN 080715721X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468805012
Notice n° :
FRBNF46880501
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Conservative ideology and brinksmanship ; Brinksmanship and the Far East ; Atomic
brinksmanship: Korea, Indochina, and Formosa ; Covert brinksmanship: Iran and Guatemala
; Diplomatic brinksmanship: the Suez Crisis ; Economic brinksmanship: the fall of
Anthony Eden.