1 - Foreign Policy Flashcards
(21 cards)
Chirchill FP events
Korean War ‘50-‘53
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Burgess & Mclean Affair ‘51
* 5 spies identified as having leaked information to the USSR since the ’30s, but public knowledge was limited & 3 of them fled to the USSR shortly afterwards
Eden FP events
Suez Crisis ‘56
* Britain & France plotted with Israel to take back the Suez Canal once Nassar nationalised it
Invasion fails & EIsenhower threatened sanctions of UK * France - they back down
* Exposed how Britain couldn’t act without US approval internationally
* Took attention away from Hungarian Uprising
MacMillan FP events
Polaris Missiles
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Ghanian Independance ‘60
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Cuban Missile Crisis ‘62
* Helped talks between US & USSR - suggesting they were more influenctial globally
Kenyan Independance ‘63
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EEC membership rejection ‘63
Wilson 1 FP events
Wilson keeps Polaris missiles (campaign pledge against them was ignored)
Rhodesia ‘65-‘67
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Vietnam ‘67
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East of Suez ‘68(-‘71)
Heath FP events
Yom Kippur War ‘72
* Caused the oil price crisis: price of oil ~
Wilson 2 FP events
EEC referendum ‘76
* 67% voted in favour of remaining in the EEC
Callaghan FP events
Trident ‘73
Thatcher FP events
Thatcher’s relationship w/ Reagan
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Falklands War‘82
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EEC squabbles
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Granada ‘84
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Libya ‘86
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Thatcher meets Gorbachev
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Perestroika & Glasnost ‘86
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Rekjavik Summit ‘86
Major FP events
Gulf War ‘91
Blair FP events
Kosovo Crisis ‘99
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NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia ‘99
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Sierra Leone 2000
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Iraq War ‘04
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Iraq ‘07
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘51-‘64
Weaknesses of British Foreign Policy ‘51-‘64
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘64-‘70
Weaknesses of British Foreign Policy ‘64-‘70
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘70-‘79
Weaknesses of British Foreign Policy ‘70-‘79
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘79-‘89
Weaknesses of British Foreign Policy ‘79-‘89
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘89-‘97
Strengths of British Foreign Policy ‘97-‘07
Weaknesses of British Foreign Policy ‘97-‘07
