Title: Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East /
Authors: Bermant, Azriel,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thatcher, Margaret Influence.; Thatcher, Margaret; Diplomatic relations.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Great Britain Foreign relations Middle East.; Middle East Foreign relations Great Britain.; Great Britain Foreign relations; Great Britain; Middle East
Contents: Introduction: Britain's colonial legacy and its postwar Middle East policy -- Thatcher and the "Finchley factor" -- The new Soviet threat -- Thatcher endorses the Venice Declaration -- Operation Babylon -- The crisis in Anglo-American relations -- Israel's invasion of Lebanon -- Thatcher's diplomatic initiative -- Thatcher's landmark visit to Israel -- The Reagan Administration spurns the London Agreement -- The collapse of the "Jordanian option" -- A new approach towards the PLO -- The end of a friendship -- Conclusion.