Edinburgh University Press Reagan and Thatcher's Special Relationship: Latin America and Anglo American Relations (Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations)

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 WarDrawing onrecently declassified documents and candid interviews with key protagonists, she highlights the pivotal moments in Reagan and Thatcher's shared history from a new vantage point. Interviewees include: Lord Geoffrey Howe, Lord Michael Heseltine, Lord Cecil Parkinson, Sir John Nott, Sir Bernard Ingham, Lord Charles Powell, Baroness Gloria Hooper, Sir Adrian Beamish, Lord Peter Carrington, Lord Neil Kinnock and Lord Timothy Bell.