Britain's position in the world - Essay Plans

Assess how successfully Britain dealt with its international crises.

Security:

• Suez
  • threatened the security of arguably one of the most important trade routes as it gave Britain access to its Empire.
• Korean war
  • checked communist aggression: world security
  • NATO established a permanent military that firmly tied the US to Europe: security of having the USA's backing.
• First gulf war
  • global security by removing Iraq from Kuwait

Anglo-American relations:

HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND RUSSIA WERE CHARACTERISED MORE BY HOSTILITY RATHER THAN FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN 1951-1997.

Leaders

• Khrushchev and Macmillan in the 50s
  • exchanged good will visits (superficial?)
  • did not fundamentally change the nature of their relationship as they started to accuse eachother of hostility.
• Thatcher and Gorbachev in the 80s
  • 'could do business together' despite opposing ideologies
• Major and Yeltsin in the 90s
  • Yeltsin was thankful for Major's support after the downfall of the USSR

Espionage

• 105 soviet diplomats accused of spying
• Philby case
  • Kim Philby was feeding the USSR information in ww2 and…