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020			_a9781316606308
082			_a327.4105 BER-A
100			_aBermant, Azriel
245			_aMargaret Thatcher and the Middle East / _cAzriel Bermant
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bCambridge University Press _c2016
300			_a257 p.
365			_aGBP _b22.99.
500			_aMargaret Thatcher and the Middle East examines Thatcher's policy on the Middle East, with a spotlight on her approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It questions claims that she sought to counter the Foreign Office Middle East policy, and maintains that the prime minister was actually in close agreement with the Whitehall bureaucracy on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In particular, the volume argues that Thatcher's concerns over Soviet ambitions in the Middle East encouraged her to oppose the policies of Israel's Likud governments, and to work actively for an urgent resolution of the conflict. Furthermore, while Thatcher was strongly pro-American, this was not translated into automatic support for Israel. Indeed, the Thatcher government was very much at odds with the Reagan administration over the Middle East, as a result of Washington's neglect of the forces of moderation in the region.
650			_aGreat Britain
650			_aMiddle East
650			_aDiplomatic relations
650			_aThatcher, Margaret
650			_aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)