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Allies Apart Health, Nixon and the Anglo-American Relationship Andrew Scott Allies Apart This page intentionally left blank Allies Apart Heath, Nixon and the Anglo-American Relationship Andrew Scott ©AndrewScott2011 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6-10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedhisrighttobeidentified astheauthorofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2011by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-32916-8 ISBN 978-0-230-34893-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230348936 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 To Mum – in memory of Dad This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations x Introduction 1 1 JoiningEurope 18 2 TheNixonShocks:TheOpeningtoChinaandNew EconomicPolicy 50 3 TheSouthAsiaCrisis 80 4 NegotiatingDétente:SALTandthePreventionofNuclear WarAgreement 108 5 TheYearofEurope 140 6 TheMiddleEastCrisis 166 Conclusion 196 Notes 205 Bibliography 238 Index 248 vii Acknowledgements AsIpublishmyfirstbook–andincaseit’smylast–itfeelsfittingtotake astepbackandthinkaboutallofthepeoplewhohelpedmethrough- outmyeducation.Itisarealpleasuretobeabletothanksomeofthem here.Atschool,Iwasluckytohavethreeveryinspiringhistoryteachers: Mr Davies, Mr Dean and Mr Williams. At university, I was fortunate to be taught by some of the leading historians in the world. At Leeds, Professor John Gooch and Dr Joe Maiolo were especially supportive and gave me the confidence to carry on with my studies. At McGill, where I spent a year as an exchange student, I was inspired by the teaching of Professor Peter Hoffman and Professor Brian Lewis. At the LondonSchoolofEconomics,Igreatlybenefitedfromtheteachingand guidance of Professor Paul Preston and Dr Nigel Ashton, whose course on Anglo-American relations set me off on this path. At Cambridge, Dr John Thompson and Dr Andrew Preston were very supportive and encouraging. I was also lucky enough to spend two years as a visiting fellow at Yale University where I was warmly welcomed by Professor PaulKennedyandProfessorJohnGaddis. Mybiggestacademicdebt,however,istomygraduatesupervisor,Pro- fessorDavidReynolds.ThisbookbeganlifeasaPhD;thefactthatitis now being published owes a huge amount to David’s generous advice, support and encouragement. His clear thinking and writing remain a constantinspirationtome. Throughout my graduate studies, I was fortunate to receive funding fromanumberoforganisations.AttheLSEandCambridge,Iwasspon- soredbytheArtsandHumanitiesResearchCouncil.Duringmytimeat Yale,IwassupportedfirstbythegenerosityandvisionofMrJosephFox and then by International Security Studies and the Smith–Richardson Foundation. As a PhD student, I also really valued being a member of SidneySussexCollege.Asidefromprovidingafantasticplacetoliveand work, it enabled me to have a bigger social life and play more football andsquashthanIperhapsshouldhave. Havingbeenastudentfornearlytenyearsatfivedifferentuniversities, Ihavebeenluckyenoughtohavemademanyfriendsfromaroundthe world.Afeweventookaninterestinthisproject,butmostmadewhat couldhavebeenalonelyexperiencealotoffun. viii Acknowledgements ix Overthepastcoupleofyears,asIsoughttoturnmyPhDintoabook, IhavebeengreatlyassistedbythehistoryteamatPalgraveMacmillan. It was Professor Saki Dockrill who first agreed to take on my project; sadly,though,Inevergottothankherinperson.Iamalsoverygrateful to Michael Strang, Ruth Ireland and the rest of the editorial team at PalgraveMacmillanforstickingwiththisproject,despiteittakingmuch longerthanitshouldhave. Finally,andmostimportantly,thankstomyfamily.Mysister,Lizzie, and brothers, Chris and Rob, have been incredibly supportive to their youngerbrotherandhelpedmethroughcountlessissues,mostlyunre- lated to this book. None of this would have been possible, however, withoutthebelief,inspirationandgenerosityofmydadwhichcontin- ueswithmeeveryday.Iamnotsurewhathewouldhavemadeofthis, but I am proud that my book can finally sit by his. Above all, though, I want to thank my mum. She, more than anyone, has given me the unconditionalloveandsupportIhaveneededtofinishthis.
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