Relationship with USA Flashcards
1
Q
Macmillan & JFK
A
Overall good
- JFK looks to Mac for advice during Berlin Crisis & Cuban Missile
- Mac gets USA & USSR to sign up to Test-ban after Cuban Missile
2
Q
Relationship between wilson & LBJ
A
- 1968, Brit forces withdraw from Singapore , malaysia & gulf, disappoints USA
- Refusal to send troops to vietnam
3
Q
Callaghan & carter relationship
A
- Personal chemistry
- ex sailors
- politically similar
4
Q
Thatcher & Reagan relationship
A
- Political soulmates
- US backing in Falklands
BUT disagrees with Strategic Defence initiative
5
Q
What Reagan anti missile system did Thatcher oppose?
A
Strategic Defence Initiative
6
Q
Factors for “did britain have strong relations with USA?
A
- Gulf War
- Vietnam War
- Reagan & Thatcher
