British Security Policy: The Thatcher Years and the End of the Cold War

An examination of British foreign and defence policy during the 1980s, exploring the Anglo-American security relationship and analyzing challenges to the nuclear orthodoxy. Central government policies towards Northern Ireland and the various perceptions of the threat of the Soviet Union are discussed. The costs of defence from a monetary and an intellectual point of view are assessed. The text concludes with a chapter which stocktakes the situation after the end of the Cold War.