relations with, and policies towards, USA and USSR Flashcards
Britains relations with + policies towards the USA + USSR dominated by?
the early years of the cold war
Britain, USA, and USSR had all been what during ww2?
all been allies during ww2
in post-war period Britain and USA
stayed allies in opposing the expansion of communism across Europe
what had Britain become in1949?
A founder member of NATO
Britain and USA remained close allies in the cold war throughout the period. For instance where did Britain support the united nations?
in korea
-also worked with USA to sustain West Berkub
Harold Macmillian was involved in?
-plans for a summit conference with soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1960
-established good relationship with president Eisenhower(successor of Jhon F Kennedy)
Kennedy kept Macmillian informed with the events of ?
the cuban missile crisis although British Chancellor Peter Thorneycroft described Britain as bystanders during the crisis
in many respects appeared that Britain had?
kept its place at the international ‘top table’
- but the special relationship sometimes placed under strain
examples where Britain’s power and special relationships were strained?
-the Burgess and Maclean affair
-Britains relationship with EEC
-the Suez crisis
The Burgess and Maclean affair
Guy burgess and Donald Maclean were highly placed officers in the British intelligence
-they deserted to the soviet union n 1951
-for years concerns about finding ‘third man’ who tipped them off
impact of The Burgess and Maclean affair on relations with Britain and US
the revelation that British spies had been leaking vital secrets to Moscow deeply worried the Americans, who became much less ready to share intelligence secrets with Britain
problems for Britain
-Britain was still militarily overstretched and very dependent on American power
-demonstrated by the costs of British independent nuclear deterrent
