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Kennedy, Johnson and the Defence of NATO is an incisive
reassessment of Anglo-American defence relations, which form a
crucial part of international security. Andrew Priest closely
examines this key relationship by focusing on the so-called Nassau
agreement of December 1962. He clearly places Nassau in its context
and shows how multi-level collaboration continued between the US
and UK in NATO despite growing tensions over American involvement
in Southeast Asia and Britain's global role. Firstly, he shows how
agreements made between Presidents and Prime Ministers shape
alliances in by encouraging interaction between politicians,
government officials and military personnel at various levels of
formality. Secondly, by focusing on the NATO area, he assesses
US-UK attitudes to European and North Atlantic defence.
Traditionally, studies of US-UK relations at this time have tended
to concentrate on developing difficulties between Presidents and
Prime Ministers (particularly Harold Wilson and Lyndon B. Johnson),
over global issues. This study demonstrates the 'dynamics of
alliance' through a nuanced approach at high-political, official
and 'working' levels, across different administrations in the US
and UK. Although more recently some authors have successfully
integrated such a 'multi-layered' approach particularly to studies
of nuclear affairs, they have tended to treat the 1962 Nassau
agreement as something of a denouement. This book will be essential
reading for students of US foreign policy, British foreign policy,
Anglo-American relations, European-American relations and the
history of NATO.
"Kennedy, Johnson and the Defence of NATO" is an incisive
reassessment of Anglo-American defense relations, which form a
crucial part of international security.
Andrew Priest closely examines this key relationship by focusing on
the so-called Nassau agreement of December 1962. He clearly places
Nassau in its context and shows how multi-level collaboration
continued between the US and UK in NATO despite growing tensions
over American involvement in Southeast Asia and Britain's global
role. Firstly, he shows how agreements made between Presidents and
Prime Ministers shape alliances in by encouraging interaction
between politicians, government officials and military personnel at
various levels of formality. Secondly, by focusing on the NATO
area, he assesses US-UK attitudes to European and North Atlantic
defense.
Traditionally, studies of US-UK relations at this time have tended
to concentrate on developing difficulties between Presidents and
Prime Ministers (particularly Harold Wilson andLyndon B. Johnson),
over global issues. This study demonstrates the 'dynamics of
alliance' through a nuanced approach at high-political, official
and 'working' levels, across different administrations in the US
and UK. Although more recently some authors have successfully
integrated such a 'multi-layered' approach particularly to studies
of nuclear affairs, they have tended to treat the 1962 Nassau
agreement as something of a denouement.
This book will be essential reading for students of US foreign
policy, British foreign policy, Anglo-American relations,
European-American relations and the history of NATO.
While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American
presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently
shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War
II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls
needed to be perceived as credible global leaders in order to win
elections -- regardless of the situation at home -- and voter
behavior depended heavily on whether the nation was at war or
peace. Yet there is little written about the importance of foreign
policy in US presidential elections or the impact of electoral
issues on the formation of foreign policy. In US Presidential
Elections and Foreign Policy, a team of international scholars
examines how the relationship between foreign policy and electoral
politics evolved through the latter half of the twentieth century.
Covering all presidential elections from 1940 to 1992 -- from
debates over American entry into World War II to the aftermath of
the Cold War -- the contributors correct the conventional wisdom
that domestic issues and the economy are always definitive.
Together they demonstrate that, while international concerns were
more important in some campaigns than others, foreign policy always
matters and is often decisive. This illuminating commentary fills a
significant gap in the literature on presidential and electoral
politics, emphasizing that candidates' positions on global issues
have a palpable impact on American foreign policy.
In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United
States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and
the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed
moment in its rise to power-spurring arguments over whether it
should be a colonial power at all. However, the questions that
emerged in the wake of 1898 built on long-standing and far-reaching
debates over America's place in the world. Andrew Priest offers a
new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds
the longer history of perceptions of European powers. He traces the
development of American thinking about European imperialism in the
years after the Civil War, before the United States embarked on its
own overseas colonial projects. Designs on Empire examines
responses to Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico, Spain and the
Ten Years' War in Cuba, Britain's occupation of Egypt, and the
carving up of Africa at the Berlin Conference. Priest shows how
observing and interacting with other empires shaped American
understandings of the international environment and their own
burgeoning power. He highlights ambivalence among American elites
regarding empire as well as the prevalence of notions of racial
hierarchy. While many deplored the way powerful nations dominated
others, others saw imperial projects as the advance of
civilization, and even critics often felt a closer affinity with
European imperialists than colonized peoples. A wide-ranging book
that blends intellectual, political, and diplomatic history,
Designs on Empire sheds new light on the foundations of American
power.
In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United
States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and
the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed
moment in its rise to power-spurring arguments over whether it
should be a colonial power at all. However, the questions that
emerged in the wake of 1898 built on long-standing and far-reaching
debates over America's place in the world. Andrew Priest offers a
new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds
the longer history of perceptions of European powers. He traces the
development of American thinking about European imperialism in the
years after the Civil War, before the United States embarked on its
own overseas colonial projects. Designs on Empire examines
responses to Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico, Spain and the
Ten Years' War in Cuba, Britain's occupation of Egypt, and the
carving up of Africa at the Berlin Conference. Priest shows how
observing and interacting with other empires shaped American
understandings of the international environment and their own
burgeoning power. He highlights ambivalence among American elites
regarding empire as well as the prevalence of notions of racial
hierarchy. While many deplored the way powerful nations dominated
others, others saw imperial projects as the advance of
civilization, and even critics often felt a closer affinity with
European imperialists than colonized peoples. A wide-ranging book
that blends intellectual, political, and diplomatic history,
Designs on Empire sheds new light on the foundations of American
power.
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