10 - Vietnam, Europe And Decolonisation Flashcards
What was Wilson’s foreign policy dominated by? What did he fear internationally?
Relations with the US
Being overstretched with commitments
Who did Wilson and his ministers not enjoy the close relations of? What did they remain as to them?
US
Close ally
What did the US actively try and gain support for? What impression did the US want to give to the world with their relationship with Britain?
Vietnam War
Their relationship was an international campaign
What War did Wilson have no intention of involving Britain in? Why?
Vietnam War
He thought the war was unwinnable
What type of support did Wilson give to the US during the Vietnam War? What did the left accuse Wilson of?
Moral support
Supporting the conflict
Where did anti-war protests take place? When?
Grosvenor Square, London
April 1968
In what two countries were the biggest anti-Vietnam protests in the world?
USA and France
What had Britain overcommitted in internationally?
Foreign commitments
What did Defence Secretary Denis Healey announce in 1967?
Britain was withdrawing from Suez
What 2 groups protested over the withdrawal of British troops from Suez?
Governments and US
What could Britain no longer afford with the Suez? What was Britain facing?
Costs of the commitment
Reality
What 2 things, apart from Suez, was Britain internationally committed to?
Nuclear defence
Cold War
What did decolonisation mean for Britain in Suez? What had Suez shown Britain as to the world?
Bases were no longer necessary
Its limitations
What state had remained an unresolved problem through foreign policy? Who was the white supremacy PM?
Rhodesia
Iain Smith
What had PM Iain Smith declared in November 1965?
UDI
