Isbn: 9781869407414 - friendly fire: nuclear politics & the collapse of anzus, 1984-1987 (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 318 pages. In 1984, the newly elected Labour Government's anti-nuclear policy collided w ith a United States foreign policy based on nuclear deterrence. After three year s of ship visits denied, angry meetings, fraught diplomacy and press conferences , the stand-off led to the unravelling of the ANZUS military alliance, establish ed in 1951. Based on previously classified government records in New Zealand, Au stralia, the United States and the United Kingdom, interviews with key protagoni sts from throughout the world, and the author's own involvement in events, 'Frie ndly fire' tells the inside story of the dramatic confrontation. We hear what Bo b Hawke and George Schultz really thought of David Lange; we see the internal ma chinations within the Labour Party as Geoffrey Palmer wrestled with what to do a bout the USS Buchanan's proposed visit while David Lange was stuck in the middle of the Pacific on an old boat; and we see the complex play of cultural loyaltie s, strategic objectives, and personal relationships that led from policy differe nces to confrontation to collapse--Publisher's information.…