LEADER 03405nam 22005892 450 001 9911008477103321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-282-98756-9 010 $a9786612987564 010 $a1-84615-729-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781846157295 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066953 035 $a(EBL)661921 035 $a(OCoLC)701718792 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528044 035 $a(PQKB)10621560 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781846157295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC661921 035 $a(DE-B1597)674499 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781846157295 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066953 100 $a20120511d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHarold Wilson's Cold War $ethe Labour government and East-West politics, 1964-1970 /$fGeraint Hughes 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 202 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in history new series,$x0269-2244 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 08$a0-86193-298-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index. 327 $aThe evolution of British Cold War policy, 1945-19064 -- The UK and East-West relations, 1964-1965 -- The Wilson government and the Vietnam War, 1965-1968 -- British strategy and defence policy, 1964-1968 -- De?tente, trade and espionage, 1966-1968 -- The 'Prague spring' and its aftermath, 1968-1970. 330 $aA reassessment of the relationship between the UK and the USSR at a troubled time. The then Labour government's efforts to promote East-West de?tente and to improve Anglo-Soviet relations from 1964 to 1970 have been largely overlooked; yet they were of huge significance. This book offers a major reappraisal. It challenges the caricature of Harold Wilson's rigid subservience to America, demonstrating that as a Prime Minister he intended to develop closer contacts with the Soviet leadership, and to foster co-operation on arms control, conflict resolution in Vietnam and East-West trade. It illustrates how the Labour government reconciled its policy towards the USSR and Warsaw Pact states with its alignment with the USA and NATO membership. And it concludes that Wilson's failure to improve relations between the UK and USSR was due to both the impact of crises in Vietnam, the Middle East and Czechoslovakia, and to the unwillingness of the Soviet government to alter its fundamentally adversarial attitude to the West. GERAINT HUGHES teaches at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. 410 0$aRoyal Historical Society studies in history.$pNew series. 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1964-1979 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1964-1979 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 676 $a327.4104709046 700 $aHughes$b Geraint$f1975-$01370403 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008477103321 996 $aHarold Wilson's Cold War$94393826 997 $aUNINA