A 'special relationship'?; Harold Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Anglo-American relations 'at the summit', 1964-68.9780719070105 A 'special relationship'?; Harold Wilson
Colman, Jonathan. Manchester U. Pr. 2004 192 pages $74.95 Hardcover E183 Harold Wilson and Lyndon Johnson held very different opinions about how the UK and the US were supposed to relate to each other, with Wilson supposing they were the closest of friends and Johnson supposing they were, at best, rich (the US) and poor (the UK) shirt-tail relations. Coleman (international politics, U. of Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , Aberystwyth) gives here the first comprehensive account of the complex and often frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: personal and political relationships that lead to one of the most strained relationships ever between a president and prime minister. Using the summits of December 1964 to December 1968 as a framework, Coleman traces the exchanges leading to what was in effect a declining relationship and disassociation dis·as·so·ci·ate tr.v. dis·as·so·ci·at·ed, dis·as·so·ci·at·ing, dis·as·so·ci·ates To remove from association; dissociate. dis as Johnson was dealing with events that would defeat him such as the war in Vietnam. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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