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Foreign relations of the United States, 1981-1988.

Title
Foreign relations of the United States, 1981-1988. Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981-1984 / editor, Alexander R. Wieland; general editor, Adam M. Howard.
Publication
Washington : United States Government Publishing Office, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Wieland, Alexander R.
  • Howard, Adam M.
  • United States. Department of State. Office of the Historian, issuing body.
Description
xlv, 951 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the foreign policy decision making of the administration of President Ronald Reagan. This volume addresses the administration's response to the crisis and 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the South Atlantic island territories of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands. It charts the development of the Anglo-Argentine sovereignty dispute which, from the U.S. perspective, was transformed by the Argentine landings on the Falklands (Malvinas) and South Georgia in March-April 1982 from a persistent, though peripheral, boundary issue to a formidable diplomatic challenge, with geopolitical implications that threatened to transcend the narrow geography of the South Atlantic. This violent clash between a powerful, if problematic, regional partner and one of the United States' closest allies, prompted a further clash within the U.S. foreign policymaking establishment as administration officials balanced the costs of the conflict for U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere against the risks of undermining the Western Alliance. The volume documents the intense diplomatic efforts, undertaken largely by Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr., to broker a peaceful resolution to the conflict before it escalated further and, when this proved unsuccessful, to manage the outcome of the war and limit its damage. Moreover, it also looks at the war's aftermath and the U.S. perception of its impact, U.S. postwar relations with the belligerents, and the conflict's damaging effect on U.S.-Latin American relations. In doing so, the volume also examines the significant influence exerted by the lingering Falklands (Malvinas) sovereignty dispute upon the Reagan administration's attempts to normalize political, economic, and military relations with Argentina between the end of the war and the re-establishment of civilian government in December 1983.
Series Statement
Foreign relations of the United States, 0071-7355 ; 1981-1988, v. 13
Uniform Title
Foreign relations of the United States ; 1981-1988, v. 13.
Alternative Title
  • Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981-1984
  • Foreign relations of the United States, 1981-1988. Volume 13
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxiii) and index.
Contents
About the Series -- Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations and Terms -- Persons -- Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981-1984 -- Prelude to the Conflict, May 1979-April 1, 1982 -- Seeking a Negotiated Settlement, April 2-April 30, 1982 -- Managing the Conflict, May 1-June 15, 1982 -- Postwar, June 15, 1982-November 6, 1984 -- Index.
Call Number
JFE 19-6806
ISBN
  • 9780160931147
  • 0160931142
OCLC
1057472945
Title
Foreign relations of the United States, 1981-1988. Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981-1984 / editor, Alexander R. Wieland; general editor, Adam M. Howard.
Publisher
Washington : United States Government Publishing Office, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Foreign relations of the United States, 0071-7355 ; 1981-1988, v. 13
Foreign relations of the United States ; 1981-1988, v. 13.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxiii) and index.
Chronological Term
1981-1989
Indexed Term
Reagan administration
Added Author
Wieland, Alexander R., editor.
Howard, Adam M., editor.
United States. Department of State. Office of the Historian, issuing body.
Other Form:
Online version: Foreign relations of the United States, 1981-1988. Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981-1984. Washington : United States Government Publishing Office, 2015 (OCoLC)933388297
Gpo Item No.
0872-B
Sudoc No.
S 1.1:
Research Call Number
JFE 19-6806
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