To provide a better understanding of Anglo-American relations at a pivotal moment, this volume provides all the correspondence between Harold Wilson and Lyndon B. Johnson from the time Wilson became Prime Minister (October 1964) until Johnson stepped down as President (January 1969). Whilst the United States was a superpower on the rise and Britain a declining influence on the world stage, the letters reveal that Johnson was eager for international allies and that Wilson possessed an independence which belies his image as a puppet of the President.
To provide a better understanding of Anglo-American relations at a pivotal moment, this volume provides all the correspondence between Harold Wilson and Lyndon B. Johnson from the time Wilson became Prime Minister (October 1964) until Johnson stepped down as President (January 1969). Whilst the United States was a superpower on the rise and Britain a declining influence on the world stage, the letters reveal that Johnson was eager for international allies and that Wilson possessed an independence which belies his image as a puppet of the President.
Simon C. Smith is Professor of International History at the University of Hull. His publications include: British Relations with the Malay Rulers from Decentralization to Malayan Independence, 1930-1957 (1995); British Imperialism, 1750-1970 (1998); Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah and Oil (1999); Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-1971 (2004); British Documents on the End of Empire: Malta (2006); Reassessing Suez: New Perspectives on the Crisis and its Aftermath (2008); Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973 (2012). He is currently working on a book on Britain's post-imperial relations with the Gulf.
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Contents: Introduction; Labour's return to power nuclear sharing Rhodesia and the escalation of the Vietnam War March 1964-March 1966; Dissociation NATO and the continuing crisis in Rhodesia March 1966-January 1967; The Wilson-Kosygin talks crisis in the Middle East the defence review and the devaluation of Sterling January-December 1967; Withdrawal from east of Suez Wilson's visit to Moscow gold and monetary crises Vietnam peace initiatives and the end of the Johnson presidency January 1968-January 1969; Dramatis personae; Further reading; Index.
Contents: Introduction; Labour's return to power nuclear sharing Rhodesia and the escalation of the Vietnam War March 1964-March 1966; Dissociation NATO and the continuing crisis in Rhodesia March 1966-January 1967; The Wilson-Kosygin talks crisis in the Middle East the defence review and the devaluation of Sterling January-December 1967; Withdrawal from east of Suez Wilson's visit to Moscow gold and monetary crises Vietnam peace initiatives and the end of the Johnson presidency January 1968-January 1969; Dramatis personae; Further reading; Index.
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