Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-265) and index.
Contents
The pursuit of influence -- Foreign policy and the 1979 election campaign -- The Thatcher-Carrington partnership -- The diplomacy of disaster: losing the Falklands -- Recovering the Falklands: the diplomacy of war -- Thatcher's US policy I: the diplomacy of support -- Thatcher's US policy II: the diplomacy of interests -- Thatcher's European policy I: the Demandeur -- Thatcher's European policy II: sovereignty and nationalism -- Thatcher's Soviet policy: diplomacy at the summit -- Thatcher's German policy: the 'Unambiguous failure' -- Thatcher's statesmanship.